New bie with 5 lavender araucana chicks, + pics

[SarahIrl]

Ok, 15 hatched out 19th May, have kept 5, how long do I need to keep them indoors? Have a timber shed with heat lamp, but it gets pretty cold here at night. Plus, when can I let them onto grass for a couple of hours? It's pretty warm here (20-22 Celcius) so they might be ok for a bit?

 

[klf73]

are any of them tufted and rumpless?

There are so many different ways people here do it. Some don't put them out of the house for at least 6 weeks, some put them out real early. As for me I am going to try to put mine out early with a heat lamp this year, the smell(and dust) is driving me insane, but of course I have a LOT more chicks in my brooders. Where are you located? I wouldn't put them out if they are still fuzzy, but when they are mostly feathered I am kicking mine out. I just read a thread the other day about this so if you do a search in this section(raising chicks) you could probably find it.