- Mar 1, 2009
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We have our chickens which are 7 weeks old. We have them in the coop and just this last week opened the door to the run. The other day we turned off their heat lamp for good, that night i went out to shut the coop door and they were all still outside huddled in the corner. I picked them up and put them all back inside and shut the door. What if this becomes a problem? What should we do? I was going to throw some scratch down in the coop to get them to come back in. Any thoughts? The other is when we purchased the last chicks it was spring and then when it was time time to transition outside it was plenty warm. This time it was Jan. when they arrived and now it is time to go outside it still is cold. Should we still cut the heat lamp or leave it on a little longet to compensate for heat. Never have tried the winter chicks before. Any comments would help. Thanks