Being outside

[Danielmc]

Our bantam orpingtons don't have all their feathers yet (nearly there though it seems...they are quite big and chunky now!), they are hitting week 7 on Sunday. But today we put them outside as it is a rare nice and warm day (despite it being VERY windy!). They seem to be enjoying the run and having lots of fun in there!

The weather is slowly getting crappier today unfortunately, and tonight is meant to hit around 10-11 degrees. Despite it being summer - ha - Wednesday will be 9 degrees, with plenty of rain during the week.

Even though it is getting chillier already, they still seem to be quite content and fine out there. So we are just wondering -- with these temperatures, and given that they have been inside (not overly hot inside -- maybe 15-18 depending on the time) up until today, is it too rushed to already leave them permanently out there, or should it be ok? What would be the best thing to do?

 

[farmer boy]

i put my chicks outside to live until winter about 2 weeks maybe and my silkie chicks are 9 weeks and my other young ones are about 8-10 weeks old same with them and they are fine just not on the rainy days when they are outside but they should be good but if you don't feel ready then wait another week .. i have 3 silkies and 7 astrloups so they have a lot more warmth .. and one adult lives with them and 2 ducks the rest of the adults live some where else but like i said just wait until they are ready and just keep a eye on them to see how they do .. what kind of thing will they be living in ??

 

[Danielmc]

What do you do on rainy days? That seems to be must days here just now, haha. Also not sure what to do about the food not getting all yucky with the rain!

Here is their set up just now:


Think I'll need to put some sort of ramp into the coop as it seems to be ab it too high for them to comfortably get to just now.

 

[farmer boy]

if you have a tarp you can put it over a part of the pen then put the food under it ... mine is up off the ground and when they want out i just open it up and they run around the yard