On my Mom’s suggestion, I took the dust bath mixture and put it where the chickens were dust bathing. I scooped it out and spread it over the dirt. This area of the main run is almost always in shade and most of the time has a breeze going through. It is one of their favorite spots when it is hot. And it has been so hot!
I need to secure my bench better. It rather defeats the purpose of a fold up bench if the chickens roost on the edge and poop on the top any way. I think a hook and eye will do the trick.
And yes, there is still cardboard on the path. I will eventually get decomposed granite to put down, but it is too hot to think about it now.
A ray of light from my garden to you.
My honey suckle is blooming again too. Nice!
Well, at least a completely different reaction. To cockroaches. I opened the cupboard in the coop and a cockroach was clinging to the door, so I flicked it off toward the chickens (who are now always at my feet awaiting tid bits). No screaming, no shivers of revulsion, just expedient extermination. I didn’t get the greatest picture, but you can tell the chicken has something in her beak!
My weather app said the feels like temperature in the afternoon was 122. 122. Are you kidding me?
My chickens were hot, but I think just at the first stage: panting. I put out iced foot baths, cold water melon, and filled the fan cooler with ice packs. They have discovered that the dirt on the side of the coop is the coolest, and spread themselves out there.
But seriously. 122? Not cool.
