Are my little ones big enough?

[KickenChicken]

I just wanted to know if my EE are big enough to remove the heat lamp with them inside move them outside with or with out a heat lamp or move them in the coop with the adults. They are a couple days short of 7 weeks and under a 100w bulb in the living room the house gets down to 65 at night and it gets down to the low 40's at night outside.

 

[Hens4Fun]

They look old enough to me. Fully feathered. Mine have been outside since they were 6 weeks and I am Central Orange County ... we've nights in the low 40's. I have a light on part of the night .... but from others in colder country say, they probably don't really need it.

They sure are cute

 

[lady and her girls]

They look big enough but they are too small to go in with the full grown ones. they need to go in an area of their own with a heat lamp. It doesn't hurt to have a lamp for them and of course an area that they can go to if they get too warm.

 

[KickenChicken]

Well I but them outside in a box with a heat lamp and food and water. The box is in the run with the adult birds and has an opening just big enough for them to get in. I have check up on them and they seem warm and not piled ontop of each other

 

[hensplease]

ur close to us they will be fine we put ours out the day there born with a heat lamp mine are 5 weeks fully feathered and free range with the big birds

 

[KickenChicken]

When will they be old enough to remove the heat lamp at night

 

[silkydragon]

mine are about 8weeks old silkys and they have been out in the coop with our adult standard sized adults for 2weeks now i didnt have a heatsource for them at 1st but i just put a heat lamp in and they seem fine in SE ohio