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No I don't have a trap door or anything like that. Our coop is rather primitive. Thank you for your help; I will try to figure out how to fix this.

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Mrs. Eskew, Well, it is raining today! We never have rain. So I guess we won't be putting our babies outside after all. We had planned to try it for a few hours like you did.

Thanks for the info. I will be interested in what you decide to do. Ours are 3 weeks and getting so big! They are now in a 33 gallon Rubbermaid container instead of the galvanized tub. If it is nice weather tomorrow we plan to put them outside for a while. I am afraid they will get cold when we...

Are you going to put them outside Friday?

How old are these pretties now?

Thank you so much. Your info is very clear and just what I needed. These little gals (I hope the are) are so cute I don't want to make any mistakes that will hurt them. I hope I will be able to tell when they have all their feathers !

Hello, I am brand new with chicks and I am wondering if your 4 week olds will be out all the time in their new pen. Mine are 3 weeks on Wednesday and growing out of their "baby pen." My husband wants to put them outside during the day and back inside at night now. I was thinking we have to wait...

Thanks, this is very helpful. Yes we do have a protected place and we have a small coop outside waiting for them to grow up!

New at this so when we got the 4 new Americauna chicks I decided to put them in a galvanized tub with a red bulb heat lamp in our garage. They are now almost 3 weeks old and doing well I think. I have heard several opinions about when they can go outside. We live in So. Cal with mild weather...