Going Outside

[purpletree23]

Sorry rooster.

 

[RevaVirginia]

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lol....relax, I'm a passive rooster, My concerns are all focused towards the girls.

 

[thespinningcottage]

I'm sitting here laughing - I grew up in Miami, so anything below 60* is freezing to me! Our Arcadia nights have been in the upper 50's and I've been worried about my fully-feathered 6 week olds going outside for the nights. I know that's so silly to all of you up north, but remember I can't sit under a fan without a snuggle wrap! When I came home yesterday the house stunk so bad and the shavings in the brooder were only a couple days old. Their poohs are almost the same size as the big girls'! They're outta here this weekend. I can't afford the bedding.

 

[tofumama]

Well, I know its all relative to where you live. I was thinking I would have a window of opportunity since we have a week of 60's during the day, and 40's at night...I can't get electricity to the coop, we are using a solar panel for a light. I live maybe 10miles from NH in between a bunch of mountains. We are not heating our house much yet, so it has been in the 50's in our house and I think their bin isn't much over 60 at this point, with the heat light off more than it is on. They aren't acting cold, that's why I thought maybe I could get them outside. Poor planning on my part, getting chicks in the fall. My fear was if I didn't get them out when its warm, I would have to keep them in unitl spring...and then where do I put them?!?!

Pumpkin Peep, Indian Summer *IS* warm, actually. We get a warm spell for a few days or more sometimes, right after our first hard/killing frost.

ETA, My plan was to keep them 'locked' inside their coop for a few days, as suggested, so that will add some warmpth...no?