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Glad to meet you, Tief, and welcome to BYC. What a terrific introduction! You might check about the ventilation in your concrete henhouse. Here is an article about it, and another 2 about predator protection. With the size of predators in your area, you may want to consider electric fencing.

Ventilation (important to chicken health), with helpful links to coop designs organized by climate (because what is just right for my New England hens won't work for my brother's Arizona chickens)

Size matters! Farmers Almanac on Building Coops (Includes size requirements!) Allowing plenty of space for chickens is really important because, even as chicks, they will start pecking each other or plucking their own feathers, or become unhealthy if they are overcrowded. Here is a link to Colorado State Extension's publication on space and temperature requirements for chicks as they age.

Predator protection for new & existing coops

A Treatise on Electric Fences
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Remove the lamp now. They are old enough that they do not require supplemental heat.
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Hey, thanks for the welcome! And thanks for the tip- we are decreasing the amount of time the heat lamp is on each day. Our chickens vary in age so some will stay in the house under the lamp while the older ones go out to the coop. Have a good day!!
 
tieflinglady said:
Hey, thanks for the welcome! And thanks for the tip- we are decreasing the amount of time the heat lamp is on each day. Our chickens vary in age so some will stay in the house under the lamp while the older ones go out to the coop. Have a good day!!
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They are all old enough to be without supplemental heat and go out to the coop.

I have chicks outside with their mother that are just 3 weeks old that won't sleep under their mother any longer. They sleep next to her.
 

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