Are these chicks old enough to go outside?

[aart]

Well, the little Svart Hona appears to have made a recovery. She's gaining weight and has a healthy appetite, so now she's out with the other chicks. Thank you everybody for your help and support!

Amazing.

 

[FowlWitch]

Woah my thread was featured! Cool thanks!

 

[ChickenLoveRI]

I just went through this exact situation. My littles were super young but I wanted them outside. They didn't stand a chance against bullying with my bigger gals so I blocked of a section of my run just so they could get some warm sunshine and freedom to move. I would bring them in at night for fear of the others taunting them and they would have no way of getting away if they were locked up. I hope this helps.

 

[Chickengene]

I love the look of the chick in thetopening photo. Those are two of the prettiest chicks I have ever seen. Especially the one on the right. What are they and do they retsir any of that coloration as adults?

 

[Chickengene]

Older chicks are about 2.5 weeks older, and the coop is 4 feet by 4 feet. I want to move them because I think they're stressing some weaker chicks that aren't growing as well as these 7. I just took a dead chick for a necropsy to figure out the issue, but the runts need to be kept away from the more robust chicks so I can monitor their health better. I'd keep the second brooder indoors if I had the space.

My neighbor put his 3/4 week old chicks in with his 7 week old chicks. The old chicks killed every younger chick. My hens still bully (I mean seriously bully) my (twenty something) weeks old chicks. And they have been in close proximity for at least twenty weeks. So
I would be careful and use every precaution when combining two separate and different age groups.

 

[HAPPYCHICKENLADY17]

Older chicks are about 2.5 weeks older, and the coop is 4 feet by 4 feet. I want to move them because I think they're stressing some weaker chicks that aren't growing as well as these 7. I just took a dead chick for a necropsy to figure out the issue, but the runts need to be kept away from the more robust chicks so I can monitor their health better. I'd keep the second brooder indoors if I had the space.

i put mine out during the day, they spent the nights in a dog cage on my porch with a heat lamp...but i live in florida, so it was nice and warm.....then soon as it got in the mid 70's at night they stayed in the coop......

 

[Trux]

They'll be in a sheltered coop with some older chicks. Day time temps range between mid 70s to low 80s, night time temps from mid 40s to low 60s. No rain projected for the upcoming weeks.

They hatched different days ranging from June 23rd to June 27th.

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I'm in SoCal and put mine out at 16 days old, they looked like the ones pictured. They are in a cheap TSC coop I turned it into a condo by adding a floor to the outside part just out side of the door to the box, so it is a 2 story now . Stuck the heat plate in the enlosed part and they been happy hoolagans ever since

 

[aart]

Woah my thread was featured! Cool thanks!

Funny that they'd feature it when the story is over...another thread gone on too long.

 

[Chickengene]

With new members nearly every day, is there really such a thing as " a thread gone on too long" ?

 

[aart]

With new members nearly every day, is there really such a thing as " a thread gone on too long" ?

When the situation the thread was started for is resolved, yes...no reason to continue commenting.