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Most don't place them outdoors permanently until they get their juvenile feathers - 5-6 weeks. Others brood theirs totally outdoors - with our without momma hen. @Blooie has a thread on using a heating blanket for this - more like momma. post #1 . It would allow you to move yours out...

glad you have joined us. Lesson learned: don't think the folks working at the feed store really know anything about chickens. . If the little one is eating, pooping and acting normally, then IMO you are doing a great job. I would make sure the brooder is large enough to allow the older...