PoppasGrill
Songster
We are in Central Florida and the temps have been up into the 90’s with heat index of over 100*.
The girls , in the past few years, have always found shade spots on the side of coops, in coops, behind barn , or under the shed and we have lost a couple to the heat.
We have industrial fans set up in the barn to keep air circulating, and usually have a couple of low walled baby pools near the coops for them to dip into.
We are thinking this year of getting a misting system with a timer to run every 2 hours or so, on the shady side outside of the coop. Our only concern would be mildew since it would be pointless to mist into direct sunlight.
The girls , in the past few years, have always found shade spots on the side of coops, in coops, behind barn , or under the shed and we have lost a couple to the heat.
We have industrial fans set up in the barn to keep air circulating, and usually have a couple of low walled baby pools near the coops for them to dip into.
We are thinking this year of getting a misting system with a timer to run every 2 hours or so, on the shady side outside of the coop. Our only concern would be mildew since it would be pointless to mist into direct sunlight.