Hi my name is Stacey and I just found this website and I am so excited. I feel like I am learning so much already. We have had 6 hens and 1 rooster for almost a year now. We just recently got 4 batams who are about 8 wk.s old. They are getting a little big for the cage we have in the house, so I am wondering when I can put them outside? We live in CO so we are still in a very cold season. I would like to put them in the coop with the older hens because we have a heat lamp, still, but not sure what the hens will do, or the rooster. So what is the next step I should take? I am excited to hear from all my new "friends" lol Thanks so much.
from Ohio. So glad you joined. I would not put them in with the others just yet. They are still young. If you can put up a divider in the coop so they can see the young ones but can't get to them, plus a heat lamp, it should be OK. Just remember if you put up any heat lamps, make sure there is no way they can fall. Folks have said that fallen heat lamps have caught their barns on fire. Good luck. 
