I'm a bit concerned...

[BirdsInParadise]

Something about their current living situation is bugging them, Its hard to say what it is, but I would think that changing their surroundings just confuses them. 4 weeks would mean they are all feathered out. If you don't have any older chickens already outside, I would say you could have them outside in 2 weeks. 

They aren't quite fully feathered. Maybe 55-60%?
I have no other chickens.
My coop is just about finished as is my run. Both should be complete this Sunday.

You think they would be OK with a full transition to the outside?
Would they still need a lamp?
Thanks for all your input, W99!
Edit: I'm sorry, I read that as "they could be outside AT two weeks."

6 weeks the magic number?

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ok I would put hem outside if I were u and if possible u may still want to add a heat lamp or they can get cold and die of sickness or just from being cold Ochoa warm has it been there lately? And I would make sure they can't get into anything in there new house as chickens are Curious creatures. Hope this helps

 

[BirdsInParadise]

Ok I would put hem outside if I were u and if possible u may still want to add a heat lamp or they can get cold and die of sickness or just from being cold Ochoa warm has it been there lately? And I would make sure they can't get into anything in there new house as chickens are Curious creatures. Hope this helps

Thanks, Red.
I think I'm gonna give them a week in their new brooder and if they are still ago I'm gonna transition to the outside.
High 70-mid 80 in day and around hi 50- mid 60s at night.
Thanks for input, Red.

 

[Hrairoo]

Something about their current living situation is bugging them, Its hard to say what it is, but I would think that changing their surroundings just confuses them. 4 weeks would mean they are all feathered out. If you don't have any older chickens already outside, I would say you could have them outside in 2 weeks.

Yea, they should be almost good to go outside!

 

[waddles99]

A rule of thumb I always obey by is subtract 95 by the age of weeks times 5...that's the minimum temp they can handle. I.e. It gets mid 60s at night, so 95-5x6 is about 65. 6 weeks would be the earliest they could ideally go out. They could probably go out sooner, but I wouldn't want them suffering in the cold. Better safe than sorry.

 

[BirdsInParadise]

A rule of thumb I always obey by is subtract 95 by the age of weeks times 5...that's the minimum temp they can handle. I.e. It gets mid 60s at night, so 95-5x6 is about 65. 6 weeks would be the earliest they could ideally go out. They could probably go out sooner, but I wouldn't want them suffering in the cold. Better safe than sorry.

I see.
Thanks for your wonderful insight.
I truly associate it.

 

[Poultry Gal]

Think of a chirping chick like a crying baby - "something" is making them unhappy.
Is the temperature different than the previous lodgings?
How about the view...is it a big difference?

I agree with the other comments.
Darken their new place a bit, check the temp.
Maybe give them their favorite treat while they are in there.

It sounds like they are LUCKY ~ going outside every day.
NICE way to live (*o*)

 

[Blooie]

My Silkies went outside to live today. They are a week old, and the brooder pen is a wire enclosure within the run. They are fine. In fact, I kept them in the house longer than I normally keep chicks inside. Usually I just keep them in the house for the first 24 hours after they arrive or hatch in the incubator. The three chicks I hatched a few weeks ago were fully integrated with the adults by the time they were 4 weeks old. I have younger chicks that just arrived last week living out there now, and the Silkies were hatched here at the same time the shipment of MPC chicks got here. I kept the Silkies in longer because they seemed so much smaller. But today they went out to live with the other week old chicks.

I'm a firm believer in not stressing chicks with a lot of change. If you take them from the feed store or from the shipping carton and put them in a brooder, then move them, then move them again, they get so confused. They are a lot like adult chickens in that they don't like change - it scares them. If you put a strange object in a brooder with very young chicks, they react exactly the same as adults do in the same situation - they get away from it as fast as they can, then they huddle together in a knot for security.

My chicks would probably kill for daytime temps in the 70s and 80s, and nighttime temps in the 50s and 60s! I'm in northern Wyoming and it could be another month or so before we get those temps. Make your chicks a "huddle box" - just a cardboard box with the open side down, with a hole big enough for them to get in. They'll quickly learn to go into it when they get spooked or chilly, and they'll snuggle up in there. It's sort of like Mama Hen - it's a place to scoot under. @azygous uses one with great success! Good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/yes-you-certainly-can-brood-chicks-outdoors

 

[BirdsInParadise]

Think of a chirping chick like a crying baby - "something" is making them unhappy.
Is the temperature different than the previous lodgings?
How about the view...is it a big difference?

I agree with the other comments.
Darken their new place a bit, check the temp.
Maybe give them their favorite treat while they are in there.

It sounds like they are LUCKY ~ going outside every day.
NICE way to live (*o*)

Hey, PG!
Thanks for the reply.
There view us significantly different. Maybe that's it.
Also...
What are some treats these youngsters can have?

 

[BirdsInParadise]

My Silkies went outside to live today. They are a week old, and the brooder pen is a wire enclosure within the run.  They are fine.  In fact, I kept them in the house longer than I normally keep chicks inside.  Usually I just keep them in the house for the first 24 hours after they arrive or hatch in the incubator. The three chicks I hatched a few weeks ago were fully integrated with the adults by the time they were 4 weeks old.  I have younger chicks that just arrived last week living out there now, and the Silkies were hatched here at the same time the shipment of MPC chicks got here.  I kept the Silkies in longer because they seemed so much smaller.  But today they went out to live with the other week old chicks.  

I'm a firm believer in not stressing chicks with a lot of change.  If you take them from the feed store or from the shipping carton and put them in a brooder, then move them, then move them again, they get so confused.  They are a lot like adult chickens in that they don't like change - it scares them.  If you put a strange object in a brooder with very young chicks, they react exactly the same as adults do in the same situation - they get away from it as fast as they can, then they huddle together in a knot for security.  

My chicks would probably kill for daytime temps in the 70s and 80s, and nighttime temps in the 50s and 60s!  I'm in northern Wyoming and it could be another month or so before we get those temps.  Make your chicks a "huddle box" - just a cardboard box with the open side down, with a hole big enough for them to get in.  They'll quickly learn to go into it when they get spooked or chilly, and they'll snuggle up in there.  It's sort of like Mama Hen - it's a place to scoot under.  @azygous
 uses one with great success!  Good luck!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/yes-you-certainly-can-brood-chicks-outdoors

Thanks for all the information and input, B.