Allowing chicks out of the coop

[CroneWild]

Chicks are out of the lamp and have been 2 days locked up on the coop, when should I let them out? So they know coop is home?

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

3 days to be safe. If they have food and water in there they will knows it's home.

 

[nuthatched]

You can let them out anytime with supervison, then put them back to hel0 them learn . They'll get the hang of it.

 

[BDutch]

How old are the chicks?
Is it safe outside? Good hwc/ roofed run?

 

[CroneWild]

How old are the chicks?
Is it safe outside? Good hwc/ roofed run?

5 weeks we have a anti hawk netting

 

[BDutch]

Is is warm and cosy inside?

First day :
Give them a couple of sqft outside (fenced and easy acces) . So they learn to go inside when they get cold and tired. If the chicks start to peep. : Pick them up and push them softly inside .
Their instincts tell them to go inside to their fake mammie (warm and cozy place) as soon as they get cold.

If this goes well, you can take away the fence, to explore the whole run.

 

[CroneWild]

Got them out

 

[BDutch]

View attachment 3057962Got them out

Did the go in by themselves again?

 

[CroneWild]

Did the go in by themselves again?

Yes they are going in and out by themselves now

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Yes they are going in and out by themselves now

They are really cute. My chicks are 6 weeks old. Still have the heat lamp on because it is getting 32 degrees at night. And sometimes in the day. But i had turned it off and got them outside 4 times. Now they cant with the weather.