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  1. RWise

    Timing for chicks to be placed outdoors?

    At 4-5 weeks they are fully feathered out and good to go even in the winter, with no heat. Moma hen would have them on the roost! Edit in warm weather I would put them out sooner, but I have to deal with cats.
  2. RWise

    Timing for chicks to be placed outdoors?

    A hen will take her chicks into the flock at 2-3 days old. I brood outdoor at 3-5 days old, and put them in with the big birds at 4-5 weeks old. They are feathered out, and roosting, I also would be adding them to the existing flock. My brood house is in site of the flock, the girls can and do...
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