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Hello!! :welcome I hope you have been having a great day! Ooh! Awesome! I would definitely suggest looking into the Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex! If you have any questions about them, I have done a pretty good amount of research on them and if I don't know something about them, I'd definitely be looking it up, trying to find the best answer to give! Lol. :p
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Boots And Chicken Poop said:
Hello!! :welcome I hope you have been having a great day! Ooh! Awesome! I would definitely suggest looking into the Buff Orpingtons and Speckled Sussex! If you have any questions about them, I have done a pretty good amount of research on them and if I don't know something about them, I'd definitely be looking it up, trying to find the best answer to give! Lol. :p
I'm glad you decided to join us!! :woot
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I looked into both of those breeds, and loved the orpington, specially since it's known to be a great mama. My issue is I live in TX, and different sights will say different things about the heat tolerance of the orpington. I'm kinda looking for dual purpose. Oh and i think I'm in love with the wyandotte.....soooo pretty, but once again not sure if they can handle the texas weather.
 
Soriyak said:
I looked into both of those breeds, and loved the orpington, specially since it's known to be a great mama. My issue is I live in TX, and different sights will say different things about the heat tolerance of the orpington. I'm kinda looking for dual purpose. Oh and i think I'm in love with the wyandotte.....soooo pretty, but once again not sure if they can handle the texas weather.
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Okay. Oh, yes that makes sense. I truthfully think that both the Orpingtons and Wyandottes will be fine in that type of heat. As long as they have access to shade and clean water, they should be perfectly fine. Plus a fun fact, is that eggs should be darker in color and have more pigmentation if the chicken has good shade, also with the add on of colder water.
 
Boots And Chicken Poop said:
Okay. Oh, yes that makes sense. I truthfully think that both the Orpingtons and Wyandottes will be fine in that type of heat. As long as they have access to shade and clean water, they should be perfectly fine. Plus a fun fact, is that eggs should be darker in color and have more pigmentation if the chicken has good shade, also with the add on of colder water.
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My husband is building an automated coop for me, and he said he was going to put a fan in it and a heater for when it's cold, so I wonder if they get hot and there is a fan in the coop will they be smart enough to go hang out there? Lol I know these seem like silly questions, but... lol those are the little things that will bite you in the butt later. lol
 
Soriyak said:
My husband is building an automated coop for me, and he said he was going to put a fan in it and a heater for when it's cold, so I wonder if they get hot and there is a fan in the coop will they be smart enough to go hang out there? Lol I know these seem like silly questions, but... lol those are the little things that will bite you in the butt later. lol
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They would definitely be smart enough, but I would honesty leave the fan and heater out. This is only from my opinion. If you just have them plenty of shade, the fan can be left out, they’ll generally stay where it’s cooler. Unless you have a lot of birds in a small confined area, than you don't really need the fan. I have used diatomaceous earth in their bathing area to help cool them down and my birds loved it. As to the heater... A heater may throw them off, it would be warm in the coop and cold outside which means they wouldn't be able to handle the temperature change, it gets colder slowly in the fall so animals can adjust to it slowly and get their winter coats, that’s why birds molt. If there is a heater in the coop they won’t know if it’s summer or winter and it’ll mess them up. Going from 100 to 20 Slowly is a lot better than going from 70 to 20 suddenly and repeatedly.
 
Boots And Chicken Poop said:
They would definitely be smart enough, but I would honesty leave the fan and heater out. This is only from my opinion. If you just have them plenty of shade, the fan can be left out, they’ll generally stay where it’s cooler. Unless you have a lot of birds in a small confined area, than you don't really need the fan. I have used diatomaceous earth in their bathing area to help cool them down and my birds loved it. As to the heater... A heater may throw them off, it would be warm in the coop and cold outside which means they wouldn't be able to handle the temperature change, it gets colder slowly in the fall so animals can adjust to it slowly and get their winter coats, that’s why birds molt. If there is a heater in the coop they won’t know if it’s summer or winter and it’ll mess them up. Going from 100 to 20 Slowly is a lot better than going from 70 to 20 suddenly and repeatedly.
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And if you guys want to do it, of course you can! Go for it! I was just giving a heads up of what I know. :)
 

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