whats the best age for you to free range your chickens? will they getbsick easily when you free range them becausw they might gey wet by the rain or whatever?
We don't really free range ours but their coop isya in a large round pen. We didn't let them out of their smaller enclosure and coop for a couple weeks so they'd know where home was. But I do knows they don't mind rain. We had a summer storm yesterday afternoon and half of them were out in it!
I suggest you wait until they are 10-12 weeks old before free ranging them. At an earlier age they will be easy prey for hawks. If you live in an area with coyotes or raccoons, then they are always going to be prey while free ranging unless you have a large netted/enclosed area. Be sure they come into their coop and run at night and have no gaps more than 1/4" inch.