Chickie Trio
Chirping
- Jun 2, 2021
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Hi everyone! I'm super new to raising chickens & I have 3, 1 month old chicks who have most of their feathers (not completely feathered on their heads). One's foot was injured last week & they've been in separate brooders ever since. They've been out of their indoor brooders to socialize together & I feel that now all 3 can be contained together again, but I think they are too big to be in the brooder together. Their coop is not insulated but is well constructed & when I went to check today after a 3 day noreaster, it was bone dry inside. I'm in New England so the overnight temperature is still mildly unpredictable but nothing too dramatic - mostly hanging between 50-65 degrees. Their indoor brooder has a heat lamp that I did not know to gradually move further away, so they're used to having that.
Looks like it will start to rain overnight tonight & continue all day tomorrow.
My questions are:
1. Whether in or out, is it ok to leave the birds together overnight if the injured one seems healed & they've been in their run together all day without issue?
2. Will they be too cold out there & is the temperature a life threatening gamble?
3. If the answer is to bring them inside, do they all 3 go in together or put the one back in its own so they're not cramped?
4. If they stay out, will I open the coop door tomorrow if it's raining?
Going to read the forums to see if the answer is there while I wait! Thanks so much!
Looks like it will start to rain overnight tonight & continue all day tomorrow.
My questions are:
1. Whether in or out, is it ok to leave the birds together overnight if the injured one seems healed & they've been in their run together all day without issue?
2. Will they be too cold out there & is the temperature a life threatening gamble?
3. If the answer is to bring them inside, do they all 3 go in together or put the one back in its own so they're not cramped?
4. If they stay out, will I open the coop door tomorrow if it's raining?
Going to read the forums to see if the answer is there while I wait! Thanks so much!