Tuesday, July 6, 2010

A Break From The Heat

Our new chicken mister.

Posted by My Edible Yard at 6:10 PM
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2 comments:

Sneaux,  July 6, 2010 at 11:04 PM  

So what do your chickens think of the heat? Our's run for cover whenever the sun shines... and it hasn't been above 80 more than a handful of days all summer. Maybe they're Arctic Chickens...

thanks for visiting my blog!

My Edible Yard,  July 6, 2010 at 11:11 PM  

Hi Sneaux,

I love your blog, too. And you're living my dream.

The chickens run for shade, literally. Though they just started laying in June, 3 out of 4 not till the last week of June, our egg count was down due to the heat. I started putting ice water out for them twice a day and ordered the mister. The ice did the trick and got the egg count up to 3 and 4 eggs a day out of 4 hens, so I'm pleased with that. But I thought I'd add the mister since the humidity can be unbearable here.

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