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I have a bantam cochin cockerel that needs a new home. I got him from TSC and he is frazzle instead of frizzle. This means that he's going a bit bald but if you have a straight feathered bantam cochin and want to breed him to get frizzle chicks then genetically he's perfect for that! I'm located in Van Nuys.
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We were notified about a planned outage scheduled for this Thursday. Since we went solar a few months ago, with a battery backup, it should be interesting to see if we actually lose power.....
 
hi so cal. quick question. When can we put our chicks out in the coop? My chicks are 5 weeks. 1 is feathered and the other is almost there. it's been so warm. What do you think? Thanks in advance.
 
Fluffy&Cutie said:
hi so cal. quick question. When can we put our chicks out in the coop? My chicks are 5 weeks. 1 is feathered and the other is almost there. it's been so warm. What do you think? Thanks in advance.
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Probably it would be alright, but there are some variables. chickens can have trouble with heat, too. When they are young don't regulate their body temp as well, and small size contributes to that. It depends on where they are now and what temps they are currently exposed to, as well. I personally would wait another week, but it is your choice to make and you are the one that will have to deal with any ill effects. I lost 2 of 9 8wk old turkey poults that I had just bought last year because it turned cold the night I brought them home (in June) and they had been living outside. Stress of the move may have contributed to that. Since you only have 2, that is less to provide warmth at night. One solution is to set up a heat lamp where you are going to put them outside with an extension cord if needed. If they don't go near it, you can take it out in a couple days. They will need shelter from sun and wind (I would say rain too, but So Cal hardly ever gets any of that in summer). You don't really describe your coop set up, so I can only guess.
 
BreanneRN said:
Probably it would be alright, but there are some variables. chickens can have trouble with heat, too. When they are young don't regulate their body temp as well, and small size contributes to that. It depends on where they are now and what temps they are currently exposed to, as well. I personally would wait another week, but it is your choice to make and you are the one that will have to deal with any ill effects. I lost 2 of 9 8wk old turkey poults that I had just bought last year because it turned cold the night I brought them home (in June) and they had been living outside. Stress of the move may have contributed to that. Since you only have 2, that is less to provide warmth at night. One solution is to set up a heat lamp where you are going to put them outside with an extension cord if needed. If they don't go near it, you can take it out in a couple days. They will need shelter from sun and wind (I would say rain too, but So Cal hardly ever gets any of that in summer). You don't really describe your coop set up, so I can only guess.
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This is a great answer. I agree, when you have only 2 chicks, they can't help keep each other warm, if it gets cold. I would give the one not fully feathered time to catch up. I think the heat of the daytime might be as much a problem as the cooler nights, unless you have a nice shady area to put them.

My last hatch, I had 20 hatch, and I gave them a heat plate, and put them outside at 1 week, and they did fine. My grow out coops are all fully shaded, the runs have small areas that get sun. The temps were not as hot as they are now when I did that though.
 

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