Help! Can these chicks go into a coop?

[Laurasanchez89]

Are these chicks big enough to go into a coop without a heat lamp? If not when is a good time? This picture is a few days old and they’ve gotten a lot bigger since this...

 

[wyochick10]

Hi! Welcome to BYC how old are your chicks? They look pretty feathered out but I can’t quite tell with the red light. Also where are you located? If you put a basic region or state in your profile ,it will help people answer your questions better!

 

[azygous]

Those chicks appear to be around five weeks old, am I correct? They also appear to be well feathered.

Chicks should no longer be under heat during the day at age three weeks, and they are usually feathered out enough by age five weeks to go live in the coop.

Whether they require heat at night depends on your climate and night temps and whether your chicks are acclimatized to cool temps, which being still under a heat lamp for this photo, they probably aren't.

Start by turning the heat lamp off. Let the chicks get used to no heat, then open a window so they can get used to cool temps. While you're doing that, take them outside during the day and let them romp in their run. You do have a run, don't you?

 

[Laurasanchez89]

How old are they?

That’s a very good question lol I’m unsure how old they were when I got them. The leghorns and black sex links are older than the others. I’d say 4 to 5 weeks?

 

[Blue Raptor]

Are these chicks big enough to go into a coop without a heat lamp? If not when is a good time? This picture is a few days old and they’ve gotten a lot bigger since this...

The white ones are feathered out and can move, the others are not ready. I think they still need the heat lamp. Can you give us a pic of where the feathered out ones are being moved?

 

[wyochick10]

That’s a very good question lol I’m unsure how old they were when I got them. The leghorns and black sex links are older than the others. I’d say 4 to 5 weeks?

Yes that’s what I was thinking too. I would follow @azygous advice. That’s exactly what I do! Good luck with your littles

 

[Blue Raptor]

That’s a very good question lol I’m unsure how old they were when I got them. The leghorns and black sex links are older than the others. I’d say 4 to 5 weeks?

The leghorns can go out. If you live where the climate is warm, the others can go with them.

 

[Laurasanchez89]

Hi! Welcome to BYC how old are your chicks? They look pretty feathered out but I can’t quite tell with the red light. Also where are you located? If you put a basic region or state in your profile ,it will help people answer your questions better!

I live in the valley in Oregon.

Hi! Welcome to BYC how old are your chicks? They look pretty feathered out but I can’t quite tell with the red light. Also where are you located? If you put a basic region or state in your profile ,it will help people answer your questions better!

oh! I fixed it. I live in sandy Oregon.

The leghorns can go out. If you live where the climate is warm, the others can go with them.

I live in a colder climate. Oregon

Those chicks appear to be around five weeks old, am I correct? They also appear to be well feathered.

Chicks should no longer be under heat during the day at age three weeks, and they are usually feathered out enough by age five weeks to go live in the coop.

Whether they require heat at night depends on your climate and night temps and whether your chicks are acclimatized to cool temps, which being still under a heat lamp for this photo, they probably aren't.

Start by turning the heat lamp off. Let the chicks get used to no heat, then open a window so they can get used to cool temps. While you're doing that, take them outside during the day and let them romp in their run. You do have a run, don't you?

Their coop isn’t finished yet. But I’ll get pictures up for everyone. We had the blueberry enclosure so we just added the coop onto it.

 

[Laurasanchez89]

The white ones are feathered out and can move, the others are not ready. I think they still need the heat lamp. Can you give us a pic of where the feathered out ones are being moved?

I posted it below. I think I replied to a different comment than yours. I though I clicked to reply to you but I guess it wasn’t

 

[BanoOmg]

My run was a repurposed blueberry enclosure too! Looks like a great start!