Letting chicks free roam

[Mrblue5150]

What age do you let the chicks free roam. Mine are about 9 weeks old and I let them out today in the backyard with the big hens. Neighborhood cats or hawks would be my main concern. I've never had a problem with the full grown hens with ant predators.

 

[sourland]

At that age/size monitored free ranging is a good idea.