8 week old moving into coop in winter

[Cheesecurds]

Hi everyone!
Would really appreciate your help here.
My chicks are 8 weeks in a few days, and are Easter Eggers (cold hardy).. I’ve been concerned about moving them outside because it’s still pretty cold in WI. They’re inside our garage now and it’s around 55 degrees in there. They love being next to their heat source even with that lol. I will be putting the same safe heat source in their coop for night. They currently have had soil from outside filled with dried worms.. and had sniffles from that which we treated. Just worried about how to transition them outside without it being too big of a jump bacteria wise and cold wise. Thank you so much!

 

[nuthatched]

Turn off the heat in the daytime, and possibly at night. Give it a week and evict them.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Mine are in the coop/run much younger than this, often with an overnight heat source if temps are as low as yours. Keep Corid on hand and keep an eye on poo color and look for "fluffed up," possibly indicating Coccidiosis. I've had it happen at this age, twice. As soon as any 1 chick shows signs, if you treat all with Corid, it solves the problem. Not saying they're going to get Cocci, but just in case....... I love that they're all different color's, they're pretty. I seem to always get EE triplets that you can't tell apart, haha.

 

[homesteading101]

They look ready that's for sure, nice looking birds