Really, really freaking hot. We’re okay–peachy in fact, because we broke down and bought a couple window units a few weeks ago, and we pretty much just stick to the two rooms with AC and the basement, which is always comparatively refreshing.
But the poor animals are just miserable. We had a couple 100+ days last week, but this time it looks like they’re scheduling a full week of misery. I’m going to try to rig up some shade cloth first thing in the morning. Short of running a sprinkler over the barnyard (would that work?), I don’t know what else to do. If anyone has brilliant heatwave sheep/chicken management plans, I’m all ears.
(ETA next morning: Ah, I just read on sheepandgoat.com that you specifically should not spray sheep, as it interferes with their heat dissapation. I put up the shade cloth and I’m currently freezing some bottles of water to throw in their troughs to cool it down mid-day.)
Spidey snack:
