Frizzle Chickens and the winter

[duckncover]

I heard that Frizzle Cochins do not do well with cold weather. Mine lives in my house at the moment and is a single chicken. If I got her another hen or two for friends would they huddle together for warmth? I want to put them outside to live permanently this spring if at all possible. I will probably have to get standard chicks if I cannot find bantam hens. Will standard and bantam chickens fight or will they get along? I've seen them together on farms before. Thanks everyone

 

[sourland]

Excessively frizzled birds can have diminished heat retaining abilities. Go to the poultry show at the Sussex Co. fairgrounds inn NJ next spring to get some bantam hens.

 

[Ruthster55]

I switched to a considerably hardier breed after a trial with a few frizzles in rainy weather. For one thing, I was giving antibiotics to the poor little things, when I want to do things as drug-free as possible.

I am much, much happier with how 8-week-old barred rocks are performing.

Frizzles are cute, but delicate and much better for warm and dry climates.