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Nope At least not for mine. We have a few inches of snow already and mine are doing quite fine without a heat lamp. Just treat them like any other chicken and make sure they have a dry, draft free shelter and you're good to go
I ordered 6 from Ideal last Fall. I ended up with 3 pairs. All lived happy and healthy. IMHO, I think it depends on who/where you get them from. Like someone else suggested, the author could have gotten their birds with "bad" genetics. It is also true that they are susceptible to Mareks...