Do you or @U_Stormcrow or anyone else in the panhandle type climate have (or had) Australops? Reading that they aren’t super heat hardy but then I see posts here saying otherwise.
I had no idea about the comb! Very interesting.
They’ve all been rolling around in the sand and laying flat in the ditches they make. Thankfully they have tons of shade.
Mine need to be in a coop overnight but I have a WiFi thermometer in there and tons of shade. Even in this heat it cools down in the evening very quickly and is usually mid to high 70’s inside during the night.
I’m impressed yours do so well out like that. Do you have predator issues in such a...
Thanks for the experience! Also in the panhandle here. 110 heat index yesterday. I’m sweating just thinking about stepping outside haha.
Wyan would be mostly for looking at. They’re so pretty. I’ll make sure to always have some better layers in the bunch.
I currently have a RIR, White leghorn, EE, buff Orphington, and what we think is a Cuckoo Maran. All about 5 weeks. I’m reading that they’re all ok for the hot climate here (north Florida. Very Hot and humid summers and some freeze or close to freeze in the winter overnights). I can’t stop...