Comments on: An Air Conditioner in the Chicken Coop? https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/ Learn. Nourish. Live. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kelly Liston https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-645624 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:13:00 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-645624 In reply to Katy B..

It is on during the day and they have the ability to leave if they want to.

]]> By: Katy B. https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-644722 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:18:27 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-644722 In reply to K.

I’m SO relived that I’m not the only chicken mom who allows their birds into the utility room. The last 2 hurricanes to blow through the Sandhills of NC didn’t affect our birds; Momma brought them (we only have 6—for now) inside and made copious use of disinfecting wipes during and diluted bleach water on the floors afterward. Hubs wasn’t thrilled, but was much more amenable to putting a tower heater in the chicken house this winter for sub-30 nights when I brought up bringing the birds back inside. I imagine he’ll be very willing to break out the tools to install a small AC for them now! Chicken parents aren’t to be messed with. 😉

]]> By: Katy B. https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-644721 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 15:09:54 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-644721 No concerns about the draft the birds get when the cold air blows directly on them?

]]> By: Kelly Liston https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-644128 Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:38:52 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-644128 In reply to Christy Kerr.

Yes. I do have to clean the filter off.

]]> By: Deborah https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-643887 Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:03:50 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-643887 I live in St George so I’m very familiar with 110° summer days that don’t cool off at night.
I’ve been thinking about getting chickens since 18 eggs cost nearly 9$ BUT the question came to mind how would the chickens do in such hot weather, I found out it stresses them.
So an air conditioned coop came to mind and I had to Google it to see if that was even a thing.
Lol thank you for clearing that up for me.
Cool Chickens

]]> By: Desiree Lyles https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-641515 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 15:39:46 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-641515 In reply to Monica Williams.

I an getting a coop soon and have a used air conditioner, living in Florida it get hot here not like Az ( I miss Az but not the heat) the humidity here will choke you. So I glad I won’t be the onky one.

]]> By: Rachel https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-641016 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 20:52:26 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-641016 Yes! We just installed one! But I can’t get them to go in there in the heat of the day! We are going to add windows to see if that helps. But most are panting in front of the fan in the shade.

]]> By: Christy Kerr https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-640882 Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:45:12 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-640882 What about the dust chickens give off? Do you have trouble with the dust clogging the filter on the air conditioner?

]]> By: K https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-640514 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:48:23 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-640514 Oh, dear, where should I start? We live in north TX, with oppressive heat plus humidity that makes evaporative coolers ineffective here. We’ve tried several ways to alleviate our three hens’ diarrhea and panting from heat stress: 1) feeding cucumbers and watermelon, etc. 2) using a large shop fan outdoors 3) beach umbrellas to shade their water 4) solar-powered fans and shade cloth around their coop. It still gets well past 100 in there in the afternoons, but that’s still about 10 degrees cooler than the main yard. We eventually caved during the “blizzards” of the last two winters, and again for the summers, allowing them inside our laundry room, with washable incontinence pads on the floor and pet beds as makeshift nest boxes. They are now completely spoiled, and spend most of the day inside until we kick them out. Your way seems much better, so maybe by next year, we’ll figure out how to install a real A/C, perhaps in a closed anteroom to their coop.

]]> By: Carmen E Ravelo https://ohlardy.com/an-air-conditioner-in-the-chicken-coop/#comment-631821 Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:04:47 +0000 https://ohlardy.com/?p=18961#comment-631821 Well u are not alone i did the same thing and call me crazy but love my chicken girls . So I’m a crazy but responsible owner. And who cares i pay my electric bill..so i always say if u can not take care your animals don’t have one .love u for that idea

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