Kikirikis and living environment?

[JulietsMomma]

I have read and read about this breed but I’ve been finding conflicting information. I read somewhere that they need temperatures above 50 degrees F to live and some say it isn’t true.

I’m building a temperature controlled coop and run this spring for my other chickens and was considering building another setup for kikirikis but I don’t want to stress them out. I don’t live in Puerto Rico and read they derived from there. I live in Kentucky and temperatures can get below zero in the winter.

My thinking is that I could heat the coop for them and keep it around 65-70 degrees year round. Anyone breed them and have info?

 

[Debbie292d]

I have read and read about this breed but I’ve been finding conflicting information. I read somewhere that they need temperatures above 50 degrees F to live and some say it isn’t true.

I’m building a temperature controlled coop and run this spring for my other chickens and was considering building another setup for kikirikis but I don’t want to stress them out. I don’t live in Puerto Rico and read they derived from there. I live in Kentucky and temperatures can get below zero in the winter.

My thinking is that I could heat the coop for them and keep it around 65-70 degrees year round. Anyone breed them and have info?

Here's a thread on them. Sounds like you're on the right track!

 

[JulietsMomma]

Here's a thread on them. Sounds like you're on the right track!

Thanks a ton!

 

[ChantalB]

I have some, you must to have a heated place for them, never below 12°C, I heat there place around 20°C, in winter and if it is cold the rest of the year, with a thermostat, the outside enclosure is heated also, and protected from drafts and humidity, they love to fly outside so a long and high run is preferable, sheltered from predators, heated too for winter