Breaking the brooder in winter

[AnimalGeek23]

Let's just say you have some chicks that you hatch in early fall, which would be a bad choice. They would be ready to go outside in the middle of winter, but if it's snowing flurries, what would you do?
Keep them in a large enclosed area? Move them outside anyways?
I do not have chicks, but I'd like to know what you would do if this happened.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

If you are a sane responsible owner you don't hatch in a cold climate in winter. I have brooded in early spring where I've had to brood chicks longer, and wean them off heat later. I always brood in a shed, so I suppose I would run a higher watt bulb. I have read posts where people house chicks and chickens long term in their houses, which isn't my thing, but people do it.

 

[eclecktic1]

Last spring I had the weather turn on me and spring turned back into winter (overnight temperatures in the 20s) after I moved my chicks from brooder in the house to shed with heater (at 4 weeks) to coop (in the middle of the 5th week). They kept each other warm. My laying hens in the group are thriving now at 10 months old.