- Jun 16, 2008
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When can I move my chicks outside? I have been reading so much and now I am all confused. The my pet chicken site said 4-5 weeks, another site said 8-10 weeks, and I get even more variety of answers when reading back posts here on BYC. :lol So what do you think? I'm in SW WA. Lows in the 30s highs 40-50s. Our five chicks are a month old and have been in the garage since week 2. Note that my garage is not heated, has no insulation, and is honestly about the same temp as outside just no wind. The chicks have a heat lamp but they spend the majority of the time as far away from it as possible. They are in a (covered) kiddie pool right now so they have plenty of choices of where to be in relation to the heat lamp.
Oh and they have their feathers. Not sure if all of them but they have no more cute fuzz that I can see.
And a completely different topic but at what age can I start looking for signs of roos? Our chicks are Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. Or any other ways to sex these girls (I hope)?
Thanks,
Allison
And a completely different topic but at what age can I start looking for signs of roos? Our chicks are Barred Rocks and Buff Orpingtons. Or any other ways to sex these girls (I hope)?
Thanks,
Allison
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