Wyandotte chicken heat hardy???

[TheBlessedCoop]

Hi there!! I am about to pre order chicks from Cackle hatchery. I am getting a Barred Rock,Turken naked neck,and I really want a black laced gold Wyandotte. I live in East Texas and it gets so hot here in the Summer. Anyone had any experience with Wyandottes in hot weather? Are they good or bad? I don't want to get a chick that will just suffer in the heat.

 

[jcchomps]

We have Wyandottes (golden and silver-laced) in NJ; our summers are pretty humid and get into the 90s and they seem to do okay. I've only gone through 2 summers with them, though, so grain of salt. We have tons of shade -- their coop is under an oak tree and they have a pine tree and three smaller bushes that they dig under in the summer to get cool. They certainly pant a lot and we generally have two waterers available for a small flock -- one with apple cider vinegar in it and one plain. If it's a super hot day, I'll put out a small waterer with some electrolytes for about 2 hours.

They're really beautiful birds. But we got them because they're winter hardy and our coop isn't heated.

 

[junebuggena]

They were developed in the Ohio/Michigan/Indiana region, where summer temps are fairly mild. They are too heavily feathered to be comfortable in East Texas. I suggest you get Hamburgs instead, if it's the coloring you really like. Hamburgs are lighter built and aren't as densely feathered so are better able to handle heat.

 

[TexasSam]

Hi there!! I am about to pre order chicks from Cackle hatchery. I am getting a Barred Rock,Turken naked neck,and I really want a black laced gold Wyandotte. I live in East Texas and it gets so hot here in the Summer. Anyone had any experience with Wyandottes in hot weather? Are they good or bad? I don't want to get a chick that will just suffer in the heat.

My gold laced did fine. Leghorns, EE's, Ameraucana, RIR, and BO's do well also. I'm from east Texas what part are you in?

 

[TexasSam]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-texas-thread.1176245/#post-18523364
Go to the Texas thread and you might get some ideas

 

[LilJoe]

Mine do fine in 100+ temps. They also develop larger combs in summer and as it cools their combs shrink.

 

[TheBlessedCoop]

Thank you Junebuggena for your suggestion. I am doing the small female deal cackle hatchery offers and the Hamburgs aren't offered TexasSam I am in the Tyler area. I currently have leghorns and production reds but want a few different breeds.

 

[TomZilla43]

I live in Middle Tennessee and our summers are hot and humid(although not as hot as Tx I'm sure) I have a GL Wyandotte and she seemed to do fine this last summer. She's a good consistent layer.

 

[LilJoe]

Mine do fine in 100+ temps. They also develop larger combs in summer and as it cools their combs shrink.

(I'm in central Missouri)

 

[RodNTN]

I have never had experience with Wyandottes, but I do have a very heavy feathered Light Brahma; who isn't heat hardy. We have both extreme summers and winters, as long as she has cool water and shade in the summer; she does fine.

I think that you should try Wyandottes, if you really want them.