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[Zinnia17]

Hi, I’m new here! Just getting started and really needing information from experienced chicken people. I’m in south Alabama, with hot and humid summers, and looking for advice about breeds that would do well. My goals are eggs and possibly meat so I’m focusing on dual purpose chickens. I would love advice about a dual purpose breed (that is heat tolerant) of rooster that I can pair with a few hens of the same breed although I’m planning a mixed flock as well. Thank you all in advance and looking forward to learning from everyone.

 

[Barbours]

Hi, I’m new here! Just getting started and really needing information from experienced chicken people. I’m in south Alabama, with hot and humid summers, and looking for advice about breeds that would do well. My goals are eggs and possibly meat so I’m focusing on dual purpose chickens. I would love advice about a dual purpose breed (that is heat tolerant) of rooster that I can pair with a few hens of the same breed although I’m planning a mixed flock as well. Thank you all in advance and looking forward to learning from everyone.

Welcome! Rhode Island Reds are good with hot weather, eggs and meat. And Barred Plymouth Rocks are good with hot weather and eggs not sure about meat .

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Welcome! We're glad you joined. We're in SE MO, and it's hot and humid here too. We've experimented with a couple of different breeds and been pretty happy with all of them - EE, Dominiques and Black Australorps. But lately we've just been ordering CornishX or Cornish Game Hens because they're harvest ready in five to eight weeks, and raise them separately from the layers. You get so much more meat per bird, too.

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

So glad you decided to join us. Here is an article that maybe you can glean some information on picking breeds... https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ide-to-picking-backyard-chicken-breeds.64518/

Best wishes and welcome to our community!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens, And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska! Here's a link to the Learning Center lot's of Great Info.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/categories/learning-center.11/

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

Hi, I’m new here! Just getting started and really needing information from experienced chicken people. I’m in south Alabama, with hot and humid summers, and looking for advice about breeds that would do well. My goals are eggs and possibly meat so I’m focusing on dual purpose chickens. I would love advice about a dual purpose breed (that is heat tolerant) of rooster that I can pair with a few hens of the same breed although I’m planning a mixed flock as well. Thank you all in advance and looking forward to learning from everyone.

depending on how cold winter gets, I have heard of the Naked Neck, a chicken with no feathers on the neck and sometimes the breast. not sure how they go for meat, but they are supposedly heat tolerant.

 

[Jenbirdee]

hi there! all i know is do NOT get english orpingtons, they are so big and floofy that they do terrible in the heat.

 

[Jener8or]

I think some good dual purpose breeds that tolerate heat well might be Naked Necks, Delawares and New Hampshires. Welcome to BackYard Chickens!