Are they ready to sleep without a heat lamp?

[Babs_Jellymuck]

Hello! I have five, 6 week old brahma bantams. 3 are known hens and fully feathered but my dark brahma roo and light brahma runt are taking a little longer to fully feather. I’m curious if at this age they are able to regulate their body temperatures enough to sleep at night in the shed without a heat lamp? Our lows are in the high forties right now. I would love to move them into their coop, but I’m worried about the light brahma. Seems to be growing drastically slower than the dark brahmas.

 

[Brooks_]

I would say that after a period of acclimating/reducing heat, they will be fine without heat.

 

[Babs_Jellymuck]

I would say that after a period of acclimating/reducing heat, they will be fine without heat.

Ok, I will turn it off tonight and see how they do. The heat lamp is already pretty high up, so not really making the temperature that much warmer. I tried to turn it off last night and honestly they huddled but seemed OK (no crying out) but I couldn’t sleep thinking that they were too cold

 

[Brooks_]

(no crying out)

That's a positive indicator.