I want to move my girls outside!!

[JDChickChat]

I have 4 week old pullets (I suspect one may be a roo) that are nearly fully feathered. They havent had a heat lamp in 2 weeks and they are making a complete mess in their brooder in my house. Can I move them outside??

The average day time temperature is 80 to 85 for the last 1o days or so and the evenings from 70 to 55ish, depending.

Im tired of cleaning my floor around the brooder every day, all advice welcome !! Lol

Pictures are of all of my girls below

 

[Doc7]

Looking at your post count, are these your first chicks?
If yes I would have put them outside on Day 0, no worries about hens etc to pick on them. Move them out now!

 

[JDChickChat]

Looking at your post count, are these your first chicks?
If yes I would have put them outside on Day 0, no worries about hens etc to pick on them. Move them out now!

Yes, this is my first flock!!! Thank you so much for your response!!!

I have no electricity out in the coop so I cannot provide them a lamp out there, will they be warm enough overnight?

 

[Doc7]

Yes, this is my first flock!!! Thank you so much for your response!!!

I have no electricity out in the coop so I cannot provide them a lamp out there, will they be warm enough overnight?

At their age I suspect they will be fine in the temps you mentioned.

I run a 100 foot outdoor rated extension cord to my coop to power a mama heat pad and raise all chicks out there from hatch date with lows in 20s.

 

[JDChickChat]

At their age I suspect they will be fine in the temps you mentioned.

I run a 100 foot outdoor rated extension cord to my coop to power a mama heat pad and raise all chicks out there from hatch date with lows in 20s.

Thank you so much!! Time to get a little bit of my sanity back!! Lol

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Should be fine. Looks like you have enough for them to huddle together for warmth if they do get cold, but they appear to be adequately feathered for your temperatures.

 

[JDChickChat]

Should be fine. Looks like you have enough for them to huddle together for warmth if they do get cold, but they appear to be adequately feathered for your temperatures.

That's what I figured but I wasn't sure. I dont want to put them out prematurely and lose them all.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

That's what I figured but I wasn't sure. I dont want to put them out prematurely and lose them all.

Because we have domesticated them and keep them in houses, we tend to forget they are BIRDS. Nature has designed them to live, well, out in nature. We "house" them, really, to protect them from predators, more than from the weather.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Yup, out they go!

 

[JDChickChat]

I'm leaving them in the coop with a makeshift huddle box if they get chilly. That's settled my nerves a bit so, in they go!! Wish us luck on our first night!!!