Moving chicks into coop early?

[MutterBuffin]

Hello. Has anyone moved their chicks out early because of the heat? I have my chicks in my sun room. They are currently 1 week 3 days old. I live in Alabama and the temperature gets well into the 90s during the day and 80s at night. I'm worried the sun room is beginning to be too hot for them. Occasionally I see them even panting, so I resort to opening windows for air which helps. It's suppose to get even hotter next week!!

I don't want them to get overheated 0.o. Should I give them a few more days and go ahead and put them in their coop?

 

[tash]

They can go out any time provided they: A are warm enough, and B: safe (no holes small enough to escape or ways for smaller predators to get in such as rats).

You might still need some supplemental heat at night, maybe something optional, but the daytime temps are fine as long as they stay dry. Remember day olds need 90-95F, then go down 5 degrees every week. In another week or two if temps stay steady (or go up) you might not even need additional heat. Actually if you have a bunch of chicks and a warm dry place for them to huddle they might be ok now. I live in a much colder climate and have trouble thinking in temps that high.

Another option is to put them out during the day and bring them in at night. We did that with our last batch for about a week. Then they stayed outside with no extra heat during the day and heat at night (because it was in the 40s). They were about 6/7 weeks then though.