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[lauriruth]

If My Coop Is Predator Safe And I'm In A Super-warm Climate, Can I Put My Babies Outside In Their Coop From The Start?

 

[noitulover]

i wouldn't.... i would start out with a brooder. temps fluctuate at night, and they really need a constant temperature.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

You're lucky you live in a warm climate - but I'd wait for your little babies to have longer feathers before letting them experience temp fluctuations.

 

[noitulover]

since you live in a warm climate, you can probably put them out sooner than most people... like at 3-4ish weeks.

 

[tomato lady]

I put my babies directly into our empty coop, but I build a box in there with a light over it. Basically, I had a brooder in my coop. Be careful to hang the light securely. Those 100 w. light bulbs can start fires if they fall into the bedding.

When my chicks were about a week old I would remove the front to the brooder pen (it was just a bail of wood chips) and let them walk around in the coop during the day. At night they all went back under the light.