keeping chickens cool

  1. Keeping your Flock COOL with Healthy FRUIT Popsicle BLOCKS

    Keeping your Flock COOL with Healthy FRUIT Popsicle BLOCKS

    Chickens, ducks and turkeys are wonderful, resilient and sweet creatures, but on a 36°C (100°F) day sometimes I worry a little bit since I know that the heat is harder on them than the cold 🥶. But when I give them an ice 🧊 popsicle block filled with greens, fruits, crushed eggshells, peas...
  2. W

    Town Bylaws

    Have you checked with your town’s zoning bylaws about keeping chickens? I was waiting to hear back from my town while figuring out what I wanted for a coop and run. I received an email today and found out I can’t keep chickens. Has anyone kept chickens when they were told they couldn’t? Did...
  3. CheerfulF0x

    Hello All! First timer here.

    Since I am not the best at intros, I will go by the template for starters and add information as able/appropriate. :D (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? More or less? Yes. Please help guide me to make my girls happy. I should be getting them in the next month or...
  4. adickenscoop

    Ways to Keep Your Chickens Cool in Hot Weather

    I found this infographic with some great tips for ways to keep your flock cool during the summer. I thought I would share it with everyone - http://www.poultrydvm.com/featured-infographic/keeping-chickens-from-overheating
    • adickenscoop
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    • heatstress hot weather hotweather keeping chickens cool summer chickens ways to keep cool
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. Sacri

    snacks for chickens

    CABBAGE: I had read a post about hanging a head of cabbage up with rope but a few commenters said their chickens got tangled up so here is what I did: First, I just ran a rope through a few leaves. Once they realized the cabbage wouldn't hurt them (silly chickens) they ate it really fast so I...
  6. clamccauley

    How to keep chickens cool and OFF of my porches?

    My ten chickens free range all day. In the mornings and late afternoons they have an acre of mowed grass with trees they can freely roam and they do. However, the heat of the day they hang around the cement front porch by our front door and under the car port under or beside the car. Usually in...
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