Alice, Martha, Mabel and Betsy.Today it is 95 degrees and our ladies are hot. They have spent the better part of the day taking dust baths and Mabel likes to lay in the sun, stretched out getting a tan.
The coop is very shady. We positioned it perfectly in our yard. I had monitored the sun patterns in our yard and this plot gets shade nearly all day.
The hen house is insulated so it stays rather cool.
I woke the hens up at 6:00 a.m. to let them out of the hen house and much to my surprise and pleasure, they all were finally roosting. They normally sleep all piled on top of each other, I am sure the roost was much more comfy.
Other news is that I think Mabel and Alice are close to giving us an egg. They seem to be visiting the nesting boxes quite often during the day. We have placed plastic white eggs in the boxes to encourage laying. They are both 17 weeks old so they could start laying any time now! Let's hope. 5-6 months seems to be the magic age though.
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