Will This Work????

[salt and pepper]

Well, if yours did fine where you live, mine could do fine as well =) Now I'll just have to choose! (it's a mixed rare breed assortment) I know I'm getting a polish, Just have to choose what else, and since I want healthy chicks, I've been considering everything.

 

[PrairieChickens]

It'd be easier to answer your question if we knew more about your specific climate. Wacky weather can mean a lot of things Most chicken varieties are pretty forgiving when it comes to their climate, though certain varieties can't handle the cold, while others can't handle the heat. From what I know about silkies--and mind you, this isn't first hand knowledge since I don't own any myself--they can tolerate most climates. Like most chickens, they just need some place they can go to get out of the weather if they need to.

 

[salt and pepper]

We have hot summers, miserable winters, and nice springs (when they actually start

) and falls. it rains a lot. and the winters are cold, windy, snowy, sleety, you get the picture. I have a completely weather proof coop for my chickens.

 

[PrairieChickens]

If they have a good coop, they should be fine. I live in Kansas, which can have bitterly cold, wet winters with lows below 0 and summers that peak at over 110 F. The only problem we had was at the height of the summer heat wave and drought when some of our larger hens were overheating in the coop when they tried to lay their eggs. Once I taught them to use the cooling box I'd constructed for them, we had no more problems.

 

[farmer boy]

It'd be easier to answer your question if we knew more about your specific climate. Wacky weather can mean a lot of things Most chicken varieties are pretty forgiving when it comes to their climate, though certain varieties can't handle the cold, while others can't handle the heat. From what I know about silkies--and mind you, this isn't first hand knowledge since I don't own any myself--they can tolerate most climates. Like most chickens, they just need some place they can go to get out of the weather if they need to.

chickens can go anyways pretty much NN naked necks are made for the heat not the cold and people say they can't be in cold places but my friend axoa on here has nn and they are in cold areas .. canada like me i know her in real life also ... but canada weathers like winter is bad and spring is okay i guess ... summer is pretty nice but it can rain a lot sometimes so your chickens can adjust to different weathers pretty easy

 

[PrairieChickens]

Yes, some varieties handle certain climates better than others, but most are pretty versatile.

 

[farmer boy]

but like i said the naked neck is made for the heat not the cold this is why they have the naked necks to cool their selfs down but my friend raises them in the cold here in canada and they do fine sp pretty much any bird can adapt to climates

 

[salt and pepper]

what about a cochin in 33*C?

 

[farmer boy]

no clue i don't know much about cochins

 

[PrairieChickens]

I read that cochins don't care for the heat, but I know of several chicken owners here in Kansas who have them, and it gets well over 33 C in the summer here. I think if you just keep an eye on them when it's hot and provide them with ways to cool down, they should be fine.