The Buckeye Thread

[CanadianBuckeye]

I think the comb size on Buckeyes is perfect - not too big for the cold, not too small, for the heat! If I lived in a frost free area thought I'd definitely go for the single combed breeds though.

 

[stryker]

I would agree with the comb as I have both and after the first winter, the buckeye rooster comb looks way better than the single comb rooster. The rooster is doing way better than before I dunked it. I am going to put the sprinklers up so they can be under the mist if they want tomorrow. I just might have to show them how to use it if this heat continues...

 

[hellbender]

I would agree with the comb as I have both and after the first winter, the buckeye rooster comb looks way better than the single comb rooster. The rooster is doing way better than before I dunked it. I am going to put the sprinklers up so they can be under the mist if they want tomorrow. I just might have to show them how to use it if this heat continues...

If you don't mind, where are you located and what was the high temp?

My Buckeyes are certainly doing better than the Chanteclers but they are doing as well as could be expected. Doing best of all are the Dark cornish and at #1...The Naked Necks.

 

[stryker]

I live in North Dakota. The high these 2 days were 95 degrees. We are defiantly not use to these temps. I am sure that it is way hotter where you are.

 

[hellbender]

I live in North Dakota. The high these 2 days were 95 degrees. We are defiantly not use to these temps. I am sure that it is way hotter where you are.

By about 20 degrees. Gotta' love West Virginia...

 

[Metella]

Yeah - I have to be aware of combs and frostbite - our temps can go from humid 90's in the summer to sustained days with highs in the teens with wind and lows in the neg 20's consistantly - and some dips to -40's!!!! brrrrr

 

[stryker]

By about 20 degrees. Gotta' love West Virginia

I don't miss 110 degree weather. Makes my weather seem cool.

 

[Minniechickmama]

It appears that buckeyes do not like this heat that we are having. I dunked my buckeye roo in the drinker to cool it off. It just sat in it for a couple of minutes before leaving. I of course put new water in the drinker aftterwards/

You are right! Buckeyes do great in the cold, but these days it gets close to or over 90, they hate it. Lots of water and shade is the prescription for them. Can you blame them though? I hate the heat too. I was just telling someone over the weekend, I would rather have to do chores in -10 than 90. You get cold, you put more clothes on. You get hot, you can take off only so many and someone calls the cops.

 

[Minniechickmama]

People in other parts of the country just don't realize the extremes we get in weather here in the Upper Midwest. We have had weeks hotter than Texas and are on the top 5 states for coldest temps on record in the US, here in Minnesota. I know ND gets colder, Stryker . We have been lucky this year and last, we didn't see a day over 95 last year and so far this year, I think 92. I will take it. One of the first years living in this old farmhouse with no ventilation, we sustained over 2 weeks of temps between 95-105 with humidity to match those numbers. It was what my husband coined "survival days" where all we really needed to do was survive through the heat and leave the work outside until it passed or go out at the crack of dawn and work until it started getting hot.
I know if I am uncomfortable, my birds are feeling it too. I want to get some trees planted in the pasture for them to have shade, but I am afraid that the trees would take so long to grow that I will be out of the chickens before they are big enough to do any good. You all know the old saying, "the best time to plant a tree was yesterday".

 

[stryker]

True with trees. I planted trees 10 years ago and they are about 8-12 feet tall.