Approximate age?

[CKfarm22]

How high/low are the temps in the coop? The younger one(s) may still need some heat, depending on your answer.

I would say the coop is a tan bit warmer then it is outside, just by feeling, i don’t have a thermometer in the coop. So if it’s 75 now it’s probably about 77 in the coop. At night here is anywhere from upper 50s to mid 60s.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I would say the coop is a tan bit warmer then it is outside, just by feeling, i don’t have a thermometer in the coop. So if it’s 75 now it’s probably about 77 in the coop. At night here is anywhere from upper 50s to mid 60s.

The older/more feathered out ones would be fine without heat in there, after you wean them off of it. The less feathered ones may need another week, week and a half or so.

So what I'd do is spend that week, week and a half, dimming/raising the heat lamp (or swapping for a lower watt bulb) to get the entire group weaned off heat, like lower the heat output a bit every 2 days or so. Then they can all go out together without additional heat at the end of that period.

 

[CKfarm22]

The older/more feathered out ones would be fine without heat in there, after you wean them off of it. The less feathered ones may need another week, week and a half or so.

So what I'd do is spend that week, week and a half, dimming/raising the heat lamp (or swapping for a lower watt bulb) to get the entire group weaned off heat, like lower the heat output a bit every 2 days or so. Then they can all go out together without additional heat at the end of that period.

Since it’s warmer during the day especially the next week or so, i may just put it on at night and leave it off during the day. My heat lamp is one i bought from TSC and it doesn’t have a feature to turn it down