8 Week old RIRs - 25 degrees tonight

[Mikeeeeeeeeee]

My RIRs are 8 weeks old. Looks to me like they are fully feathered.
Will they be OK tonight at 25 degrees in the new coop?
No wind will be blowing on them.

 

[shelleyb1969]

I have 2 Delaware chicks that will be 6 weeks old on Monday. They've been out in the coopshed for 2 weeks now. It got down to 18 last night, and I finally found them this morning, for the first time, cuddled beneath the heat lamp. They've always chosen to sleep on the floor in a pile of bedding until last night. And it's been pretty cold some other nights as well.

So if you can give them access to a heat source, yours will be fine. If they need it, they'll go to it.

 

[cmom]

They will probably be ok, but I still have a heat lamp in my nursery coop and on the cold nights when I go out to check on them they are all huddles together under it and they are almost the same age as yours, 7 weeks. It has been in the 30's here lately. I put it on a timer. They go out into their run during the day.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Likewise, they should be ok, but just in case make sure they have plenty of dry bedding to snuggle into.

 

[Mikeeeeeeeeee]

Plenty of fresh brand new shavings and a 60watt light in one corner.
They should be OK.
They were very happy in the new digs when I left to come inside.
Pecking at everything.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Yay!! Happy chickies are ALWAYS a joy to watch.