Heat or no heat?

[1dog1cat6chicks]

We moved our five week old chicks to the coop today. It’s to be in the 30’s tonight and tomorrow night. Heat lamp or no heat lamp?
The last week they were inside the house, the heat lamp was off. They seem to be fully feathered.
Thoughts?

 

[Ashavocodo]

Probably have a heat lamp that way they have the option to be warm if it is to cold

 

[Mamatomany123]

I personally think theyll be fine without

 

[cmobley]

I'd give em heat for the simple fact of what you already have invested in them and one more night of heat to make sure that investment doesn't get chilled and die is pretty cheap.

 

[Aapomp831]

I personally think theyll be fine without

x2

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Five weeks and feathered?? As long as they are dry and draft free, they should be fine.

If you can safely run a heat lamp, you can do so for your own piece of mind, and because your birds are acclimated to a temp more like 60 or 70 - whatever you keep the house at - but I've had chicks with no heat at those temps at 6 weeks w/o issue. (medium breeds - technically, mutts). If your birds are very small (Banties) I'd recommend the heat lamp, not because I have any experience with Banties, but because the smaller the critter, the less able it is to hold and generate heat. That's a law of nature. How much less is the difference between theory (my assumption above) and practice (experience, which I have none of).