Here are photos of the girls pushing to get at fresh water after a refill. I took these at the beginning of June. Sadly the past few days have been over 100 degrees and the Rhode Island Red (top right in the first picture) died from heat exhaustion two days ago. They have lots shade and water but it was still too much for her. I'm thinking of setting up a mister for them, but it will have to wait until next week because I'm about to leave town again.
On the bright side, the Blue Laced Wyandotte (top left) has gone broody again. Since the free-range rooster now lives with the hens all the time (by his choice), there's a good chance that their eggs are fertile. She's sitting on four eggs right now and next week I'll check to see if there are chicks developing.
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