How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Keeping your cool about chickens.

Thanks, Mark. I live in the south. I pass the Purdue chicken raisers buildings every day and see the huge fans going. Members here have stated their chickens cluster in front of fans they provide.

Off to Walmart now in search of a box fan.

Georgia

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--- On Wed, 7/28/10, Mark Greer <markagreer@embarqmail.com> wrote:

From: Mark Greer <markagreer@embarqmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Keeping your cool about chickens.
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010, 1:38 PM

Fans do cool chickens and are a vital component in broiler operations in the south. They also use misting and cool cells along with some other tricks to keep the chickens alive in blistering summer heat in the south. I raise some broilers each year and they do much better in August with air moving through their pen which is outdoors but under roof. Shade alone is not enough on a still, hot, humid day.

Mark

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