New person over here!

[tortoise]

How old are your kids? Mine are 10 and 2!

 

[chellbean]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome. My little ones are 7 and 4. They are home schooled right now. The oldest is special needs. We want to get more natural with our diets to help in that area too. Regarding our weather, it gets up to heat index of 110 or higher during summer. During winter we can have ice storms, blizzards, or it be very mild. We also tend to get a lot of rain where we are moving to. Do you have any suggestions on chicken breeds that do well with all of that?

 

[chellbean]

I was curious about the dominiques heat tolerance too. I need a breed that will be more tolerant to the heat, since I can heat the coop in winter. You can only cool it to an extent. I would like them to be docile too. I don't really care what color the eggs are.

 

[Chic Rustler]

hello from north Texas. 105-106°f is pretty regular for us. There are several breeds that are successful here. Rhode island reds, australorp, barred rock, buff orpington , sex links, marans, etc.

Just got have a good coop with ventilation and some shade.

 

[baymule]

Welcome from NE Texas. I second the breeds @Chic Rustler listed. I currently have Delawares (don't like them) Red sex links (love them, they are calm, sweet and LAY) and Easter Eggers (they lay a green or blue egg, not the best layers, but I like the colored eggs)

I am going to try Australorps next. I am looking for that WOW breed that I just can't imagine doing without. I also am interested in Speckled Susex.......I like eye candy.....LOL

We will be glad to help you any way we can, just love to see young families take charge of their lives and live the good life. I do a lot of canning, as do others here. So if you have questions, just ask!

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Welcome from North Alabama.
You'll find lots of support here in all areas, so feel free to look around, and ask questions. We'll be looking forward to learning more about you and your family.

 

[tortoise]

I'm in northern WI and Rhode Island Reds and Buff Rock do well here with our frigid winters. (Lows of -20 for weeks). We've had RIR in a freestanding wooden coop with a heat lamp. We've had roosters refuse to sit under heat lamp and get frostbit combs. I prefer a breed with a pea comb for cold tolerance to avoid that frostbite issue.

We get 90 degrees in summer regularly, occassionally up to 100. They seem unaffected as free ranging, they seek out shade and water. We have a group of chickens in our barn which runs cool and has ample ventilation. The barn birds do well, but this past summer we put a box fan on them.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Your birds are so much luckier than mine. No way they're getting a heat lamp! We get down to -20 also. The pea combs are nice for sure, I'm worried about my poor dorking roo this winter!

 

[Chic Rustler]

I forgot to mention the most obvious answer for hot weather birds.

White Leghorn. They can take heat like nobody's business.


I need to get some for myself

 

[baymule]

That clinches it, I am going to get some in the spring!