>My main defense against the heat, besides deep shade: a mister. I have one of those "cobra" freestanding misters that you just attach to a hose. It makes a mucky mess after being on all day, but it's truly the difference between life and death in this heat. That and large terra cotta plant saucers used as wading pools. A panting chicken will quit panting within a minute of stepping into one of these.
yep 108 here too, last week we had 111, I made misters from those black drip system lines (learned how to do it on this list here), on those same water lines I also attach some drip emitters on the microlines (15 to 20 feet long) so I can move them around so it's not always in the same spot every day. The chickens stand in the water when they got hot, they also often just stand under the mister to cool off. Also have lots of shade trees. I rarely see one of the chickens panting, actually the only time I see panting is in the evening when they go into their barn. However it's not too bad as I have fans running and I leave lights on until I go to bed so they can come down and get a drink if they are thirsty. Also on really hot days I feed them soaked dog food on some days in the evening or soaked egg layer mash to get more moisture into their system for the night
Marlene, Nevada, USA
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