Novice Chicken Keeper....

[Jennyg77]

Hi everyone, I'm Jenny, We've just started keeping chickens. I originally started with two Aruacanas, both of which turned out to be boys, then got a Polish Hen (the only one which had laid so far! but she died in a heat wave a month or so back) and a Welsummer x Plymouth to replace them. Got a Pekin just before my Polish girl died and just got a ISA Red last weekend. Hopeful I will get eggs one day soon

 

[N F C]

Hi Jenny, welcome to BYC!

It's nice to have you join us. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Hope you get eggs soon!

 

[twfernandez]

Hello @Jennyg77 , and welcome!

Sorry to hear that you lost your polish so soon - I'm sure that was sad. We are new to keeping chickens ourselves, and none of our chicks is older than 5 weeks at this point, but we've been having a great time learning and getting to know the girls.
Don't hesitate to ask questions here, everyone at BYC has been super friendly and helpful!

ttyl,
T&S

 

[Jennyg77]

I got less then a dozen eggs from her. It was a +45c day! I am looking at getting another araucana and a naked neck. Then I think I'll stop at five.

 

[sunflour]

glad you decided to join us.

Sorry about the bad luck of starting with 2 roos and really sorry about the loss of your Polish Hen.

Hopefully your current hens will fare better for you.

But I would advise you research the forums for how to deal with heat. I live in Middle Ga with hot humid summers and had to deal with one heat stressed BR last summer. We added shade, an outdoor fan, give cold treats - like melons and iced water with lettuce - during the hottest parts of the day. After adding those, we have had no real heat issues.

Feel free to ask questions, enjoy the forums.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[nj2wv]

Welcome to BYC !!

 

[drumstick diva]

Welcome to the Backyard chickens flock. Some folks in hot climates, have more of an open air coop - two sides of wire walls, and two solid ones. They can also have two solid sides to cover the open air ones - when they weather cools.