Are our chicks too young for outside?

[chiki1]

Not sure if this is the right place but it's the best I could find. We have around 20 or so chicks(around 2 months old) inside the house divided into 3 large totes but they're getting too big for them, plus we don't have any more room in the house. We also have around year old hens and roosters outside in a shed that we're working on expanding. Would we be able to put at least some of the big babies with the larger ones? They're jumping out and hard to manage inside. The weather is also getting nicer, up to 50˚F most days, and there's no more snow. There are also around 25 adult hens and currently 2 roosters out in the shed, but they mostly go to our blueberry bushes away from the shed/coop.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

YES. They can go outside.

If they are fully fledged, and at near 2 months, they pretty much must be.

I routinely start acclimating hatchlings (2-3 weeks) to temps in the low 50s, and have them moved out to the grow out pen by four weeks, when the overnights are in the 40s. As long as they have a way to get out of the winds and the rain (my grow out has an inside the barn area and an attached outside run).

I know other posters here move birds out at cooler temps than I (once they are fully fledged), I just don't experience those temps myself, so can't say its something I've done routinely. We only get a few days/nights near 20 each year.

 

[chiki1]

YES. They can go outside.

If they are fully fledged, and at near 2 months, they pretty much must be.

I routinely start acclimating hatchlings (2-3 weeks) to temps in the low 50s, and have them moved out to the grow out pen by four weeks, when the overnights are in the 40s. As long as they have a way to get out of the winds and the rain (my grow out has an inside the barn area and an attached outside run).

I know other posters here move birds out at cooler temps than I (once they are fully fledged), I just don't experience those temps myself, so can't say its something I've done routinely. We only get a few days/nights near 20 each year.

Alright, thank you!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I just kicked my six week olds out and it was 30 degrees at night here. I have 14 chicks-the youngest are about six weeks and the older ones maybe eight weeks. Usually I brood them outside on the back porch or put them out around four weeks. This year I was slow getting things ready. I don't know how you've managed it this long! They're such a mess when they get their feathers

 

[klb25]

I moved my dozen 4 week olds out yesterday for the same reason. They'd been spending the last few daytimes outside but last night was their first out there. It was 43°F. They huddled up in a dog carrier I covered with a tarp for extra wind protection. I heard all of two little peeps overnight and no distressed chirping. They're totally fine this morning!

 

[Ridgerunner]

At that age. temperature is not your problem. Like the others I could tell stories to support that. Your issue could be integrating those adolescents with your adults. You may have experience with that and confidence in your abilities so I'll only say that if you wish some advice or suggestions I'll be willing to offer suggestions. Knowing how big your facilities are, what thy look like, and something about how you manage them (do you free range, stuff like that) would be a big help, basically what do you have to work with. But those temperatures are not a problem.