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Winter is a time, usually, when predators are worse. Not as much, or as easy, for them to find food, and tame, or slow, or inexperienced chickens are an easy meal. I'd start out pretty slow and careful if you are going to free range.

Katknapp, the general rule on heat and young chicks and chickens is, 95 degrees the first week, then drop 5 degrees per week. So yours could stand 45 or 50 degrees at night without heat. Does it get colder than that at night there? If so, better keep the heat for them longer. By the way, this...