Can chicks go outside?

[jarcoo0153]

I have got 24 3-week-olds, they are in my bedroom, in a big box, and have become escape artists. I am constantly putting them back, and they keep flying out! They almost have all their feathers, and my coop is finished outside. So can I put them in the coop? Our highs this week are in the nineties, and lows in the seventies.

 

[oldchickenlady]

I'd put them out! If they have lots of feathers they will be ok. At night if they get cool they will huddle together and keep each other warm. If you are worried you can add a light at night, just make sure they have room to get away from it if they get too hot.

 

[E.G.Glayer]

I agree with oldchickenlady...

At 3 weeks in Texas they should be more than alright. They will stay together for warmth if needed but I think they will be fine.

 

[zazouse]

Yes put them out, i put my little ones out at 2to 3 days old, don't have to acclimate them from the AC that way and besides the dust from them would be just awful...IMO

What kind of babies do you have?

 

[jarcoo0153]

I have:
1 RIR pullet
1 BO pullet
2 Ameraucanas( Hatchery birds, so I guess EE) Pullets
1 Dominique Pullet
2 Naked neck Pullets
1 Naked Neck Rooster
1 Maran Pullet
1 FL Maran pullet
1 FL maran Rooster
2 silkies St. Run ( one large white, and a small black)
2 White faced Black spanish Roosters
2 WFBS Pullets
1 Ancona Rooster
Those are the ones I am keepin, the ones below I am trying to sell, and if they don't, they will be Sunday dinners.
1 buff Brahma Rooster
1 Speckled Sussex Rooster
2 BO roosters
1 white rock rooster
1 Black australorp rooster

I also have three full grown chickens in a seperate coop:
1 RIR rooster ( 7 months old)
1 Phoenix pullet (almost 5 yrs old and still laying eggs!)
1 Naked NEck pullet ( 4 yrs old, and I get 5 or 6 eggs a week)

Tomorrow I will place an order for 25 st run surprise special, 2 welsummers, and 2 silkies!
And a friend is going to give me some duck eggs to hatch!

 

[zazouse]

WOW you got a nice variety there, we need some photos