I was planning on moving my 4-5 week old chicks to the coop this weekend but the temp outside has really took a tumble. With a heat lamp I can keep the temps at 50-60 degrees in the coop. The problem is when the door is opened a cold draft will be coming through. The chicks are used to about 70 degrees in my laundary room. It is about 30 degrees outside. I know that I should wait for warmer weather, but I have time to do a lot of checking on them this weekend. Will the sudden draft be too hard on them?
I'm in FL, so thankfully, we only worry about this a couple times a year...but I would worry for them nonetheless. It's 90 out today and 70 at night, and my little ones stay inside until I see them trying to move away from the heat source...
Even though nights here have only been getting in the high 60's my 4 1/2 week olds still all pile under the light every night.. Maybe they do it cause it's there I don't know but when I tried to not turn the lamp on they piled on top of each other and it was only in the 70's that night... Missi