The temperatures here in Texas are rising, and it is good to know that the side breeze way in the chicken runs is actually used!

They are also using the dust bath. What I didn’t realize was that the dust bath would need to be replenished frequently. Apparently they can hold quite a bit of dust in their feathers! I make the dust bath with hardwood ash, diatomaceous earth (DE), and sand/dirt from the yard.

I have also put out the foot baths that my chickens love so much, and already their feet are much cleaner! (Our rains have let up some too, so there is a little less mud.) The sunscreens went up the next day to keep the afternoon sun from shining directly on the front of the coop. I don’t think I will do the homemade AC cooler again, but as the temperatures continue to climb, I will add ice jugs to their foot baths. Spoiled chickens? Mine? Maybe.