chicks and heatlamp

[booboo0712]

my 4 week old silver laced wyandottes have their back feathers and are really energetic, I was wondering if I could cut the heatlamp (they very rarely go and lay in the light)? They seem to huddle together to sleep but otherwise they are very independant little girls.

 

[lemurchaser]

What are the temps in your area? Or are they inside?

I usually leave a heat lamp so they can warm themselves up if they need to. They can get cold quickly at 4 weeks. At 4 weeks I remove the heat lamp if the temps are above 75-80 (so around here, thats midday only). At 6 weeks I do heat lamps below 70. At 8-10 weeks I take out the heat lamp completely.

 

[booboo0712]

they are inside, but going outside later this week.