i have some white leghorns and welsummers that are 3 weeks old today.. just wondering when should i move them out... they are starting to feather out and the temp round here is anywhere from 65- 75 during the day and bout 40 at night in SC
Mine are usually feathered enough at four weeks at that temp and with buddies to cuddle with at night. By 6 weeks I put mine in with the big girls and have not had a problem yet.
We moved our three week old 50 RIR, 6 banties out to the outside chicken house on Sunday afternoon. The garage was getting pretty smelly. The only problem we had was that they kept piling up in the corners, so we had to set up the metal flashing circle inside the chicken house. This is OKlahoma and the weather is still chilly at night so we did set up the heat lamp. They seem to be fine, they have a lot of feathers on their backs, and still like to cuddle when they sleep, but during the day, run around like wild children. One funny thing, I had some leftover raman noodles, took them down and held them just over their little heads, Oh, My, what fun.They had a fine game of gimme that noodle and catch me if you can. DonnaBelle
At three weeks, brooder temp should be 75-80. So, 40 would be very cold. If the coop is draft free, and you provided a heat lamp, it would be fine. But without heat, I think you are gambling.
