Incredibly Hot Today

[Perplexed]

Might try a portable mister for the chickens and Dawg. We got an Orbit brand portable misting stand from Lowes. Ran a hose to it and placed it a spot shaded by some trees. Put the mister/hose connection over a storage box lid to catch any leaks. Our girls stand in the mist about all day long and wade in the water-filled lid.

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How well do those work when it‘s already danged humid out?

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

I have somewhere between 2 and 3 acres that need to be mowed with the rider. It's about a 2 hour job and I got that done late this morning just before we hit the 100° mark. Fortunately a lot of that area is in the trees so there's a little shade.

I swap out the water for the goats and birds a couple times a day when it's hot like this. I don't know if they really care but it makes me feel better.

 

[rickm]

Air movement will help the birds more than anything as far as dealing with the heat, if you will notice that on hot windy days they dont stand around as much with their wings out as they do on hot days with no wind. Their feathers will capture any air moving to help cool down. And plenty of shade.

 

[O4L]

Nah dude, it was brutal. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

And I'm not talking about the heat.

I dunno how many here have ever had a kid (or grandkid) in competitive swim, but you sit there all gotdamn day until it's his or her time, then it lasts about 30-45 seconds. Then, you wait around for another hour or so, until their next event, which, again, lasts for about 30-45 seconds. He usually has 3 or 4 events total.

We were there from about 10am (it started at 9) and left about 1:30/2 o'clock. Frying in the sun. They are usually held indoors, but the Shawnee YMCA was hit hard by the tornado this past spring.

Oh yeah. I know all about kids in swim meets. My three youngest daughters were swimmers. I spent a lot of time at that YMCA with practice and swim meets.

 

[OHJEEZE]

You guys are not happy unless it is at least a hundred degrees out, right?

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

The hot weather gives me something to bi**h about until the cold weather gets here and I can bi**h about that.

 

[Glock 'em down]

The hot weather gives me something to bi**h about until the cold weather gets here and I can bi**h about that.

I used to love cold weather, but the older I get, the less I care for it.

 

[dennishoddy]

Buddy of mine, on his home weather station, recorded 109.2, yesterday in Del City.
Guess there's a cold front moving in, KFOR shows a high of only 104 today.

90’s next week. It’s almost over.

 

[dennishoddy]

Might try a portable mister for the chickens and Dawg. We got an Orbit brand portable misting stand from Lowes. Ran a hose to it and placed it a spot shaded by some trees. Put the mister/hose connection over a storage box lid to catch any leaks. Our girls stand in the mist about all day long and wade in the water-filled lid.

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When we were working, the dogs had to go to the pen during the day no matter what the temps were.
We zip tied one of those misters to the chain link fence and left it on during the day. Coming home, both would be laying on the damp concrete in the mist.

 

[THAT Gurl]

Air movement will help the birds more than anything as far as dealing with the heat, if you will notice that on hot windy days they dont stand around as much with their wings out as they do on hot days with no wind. Their feathers will capture any air moving to help cool down. And plenty of shade.

Yeah I went ahead and set a box fan out there. They have a huge bush that gives them good deep shade. And that bush is shaded by "THE tree" ... If we'd get a breeze everybody would be a lot better off.