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I forgot to address this bit. For daytime visits to outside, you can start at almost any age, but stay there and watch the chicks. If they act cold (peeping and huddling), take them back to the brooder to warm up. If they peep and huddle immediately, that is probably from being scared, and you...

If they are sheltered from the rain and wind, chicks with a suitable heat source can live in an outdoor coop from their very first day. A broody hen is a suitable heat source: she will quickly warm chicks up to chicken body temperature, but does not heat all the air around her. So the chicks...