United Arab Emirates - Gulf States and Saudi Arabia

[desertchook]

Greetings from Abu Dhabi, UAE. I have just started my backyard flock with 4 hens described as "local Arabic chickens." I have no additional information about them. I would love to hear from other people in the Gulf Coast Countries or UAE if there are others like me on this forum. I welcome insights and advice on raising chickens in very hot, humid conditions - especially as summer approaches and weather reaches 120 degrees or more. I'm very happy to have found this group and loom forward to learning from you all. Here is a photo of one of my "local chickens." Please comment if you have any thoughts on her breed or her age. Thank you!

 

[casportpony]

Welcome to BYC! Come on over and say hello in the peafowl forum sometime, there are a couple of people there that live in Pakistan and Kuwait that might be able to give advice on keeping poultry in a hot climate.

Peafowl forum:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/51/peafowl

-Kathy

Edited to add:
Nice looking hen!

 

[Spring-Chicken]

Hello and

 

[rancher hicks]

Welcome, I like to tell everyone I meet at the feed store about Back Yard Chickens.com

In fact I write on the back of the business cards I had printed up years ago, by Vista Print.

I understand the heat can be brutal on some breeds, just like the cold can be brutal on others.

I believe the Mediterranean breeds do best in the heat.

Of course I don't keep them here in the cold. I prefer heavy breeds.