Warm climate/New chicks

[P-Dog]

Hello everyone. I'm new to BYC and this is my first post. I live in Kawaihae, Hawaii and am going to start a small flock of chickens.

Our daily temperature this time of year is 85 degrees. Night time is 70 degrees. If I purchase 3-4 week old Australorp or Orpington chicks will I even need a heat lamp for them?

Thanks!

 

[SJchickens]

Hello everyone. I'm new to BYC and this is my first post. I live in Kawaihae, Hawaii and am going to start a small flock of chickens.

Our daily temperature this time of year is 85 degrees. Night time is 70 degrees. If I purchase 3-4 week old Australorp or Orpington chicks will I even need a heat lamp for them?

Thanks!

Nope. By this age with such heat they definitely do not need the heat lamp.

 

[MountainOrchard]

Welcome to BYC! I agree with the above, they will be just fine without a heat source in that kind of weather.

 

[Gembeag]

Very envious of your temperatures! Not at all warm here at the moment, 10 degrees Celsius! Not good for chicks or me!

 

[P-Dog]

Thanks for your replies! We are going to look at some coops this weekend vs. building our own. Also spoke to a feed store yesterday. She gets in day old/week old chicks, so that changes my question a bit...I'm thinking a heat lamp may be in our future.