My baby chicks are getting very comfortable.

[FARMER GIRL101]

So I 'have my baby chicks in my home people say don't put them outside til they about 4 weeks or 6 weeks old. They are starting to jump out the brooder and just feeling free to walk all over my home I understand they want to explore and not be coop up in the brooder...and they are not scary they walk up to people like hey do you have us a treat....lol.....and I don't want to keep them just lock up all day and my chicken coop and the run that I do have....have my bigger chickens in it but its a two level and they don't seem like they need a lot of heat cause they barely be under the light and its very hot where I'm at can I just go head and put them out in the coop and just separate the run so the smaller chickens can go out there too and put them on the first level of the coop.....they are even trying to do dust baths on the floor.

 

[SGH]

How old are they, and what is your high and low temperatures?

What are you using for a brooder?

 

[FARMER GIRL101]

How old are they, and what is your high and low temperatures?

What are you using for a brooder?

i have a bin like a clothes tub that i am keeping them in they are 2 weeks going on three the temperature here where i stay is in the 90's and at night it's in the high 70's

 

[SGH]

I think you need to keep them inside longer. Can you make a bigger brooder? Taller so they can’t jump out, or make a screen type lid?

 

[Flockandfowl46]

At those temps they will do just fine outside hun just make sure you keep them see but no touch with your adult hens for at least a week or more

 

[Kat2141]

If you decide to keep them in any longer, see if a friend has a dog crate you can use. I borrowed one that was all wire and that was so handy. I could put branches in to give them perches and they did very well with it. I used a large trash bag on the floor under it and just brought it up around the sides, with some plastic wrap where needed, and taped it to hold the shavings in.

 

[FARMER GIRL101]

If you decide to keep them in any longer, see if a friend has a dog crate you can use. I borrowed one that was all wire and that was so handy. I could put branches in to give them perches and they did very well with it. I used a large trash bag on the floor under it and just brought it up around the sides, with some plastic wrap where needed, and taped it to hold the shavings in. View attachment 1498856

Very good idea....I like that....Thank you I never would of thought of that.