New Chicken Mom Intro & Question

[ra30ra]

Hi everyone,
New chicken mom here and I LOVE my chickens. I have 6 Golden Laced Wyandotte chicks. I was old the chicks were 1 week old when I got them so that would make them 4 weeks as of yesterday. They live in South Florida where we are very warm. They seem to be 100% ready to be outside all the time now. I had them on our lanai in a brooder with a heat lamp and brought them out to play in the sun once a day. Is there any reason why they couldn’t stay outside in the run and in the coop at night as long as it’s over 70 degrees? I posted a picture of them in a little run right now and a picture of what they’ve been in that they have now started to fly out of. I would find one walking around the lanai. We are finishing up the coop today (treating the wood to better resist the south Florida weather) and I wondered why they couldn’t stay in it. I also attached our weather.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Hi everyone,
New chicken mom here and I LOVE my chickens. I have 6 Golden Laced Wyandotte chicks. I was old the chicks were 1 week old when I got them so that would make them 4 weeks as of yesterday. They live in South Florida where we are very warm. They seem to be 100% ready to be outside all the time now. I had them on our lanai in a brooder with a heat lamp and brought them out to play in the sun once a day. Is there any reason why they couldn’t stay outside in the run and in the coop at night as long as it’s over 70 degrees? I posted a picture of them in a little run right now and a picture of what they’ve been in that they have now started to fly out of. I would find one walking around the lanai. We are finishing up the coop today (treating the wood to better resist the south Florida weather) and I wondered why they couldn’t stay in it. I also attached our weather.

Welcome to BYC!! Beautiful chicks!

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. Thank's for Sharing the picture's your Chickens are Beautiful! The Best of Luck with your Flock. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska.

 

[Party_Chicken]

Yup you can definitely move them outside .

 

[SilverBirds]

Welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining us.

They are old enough to be moved outside permanently.

Also, your chicks are Silver Laced, not Gold.

 

[Mrs J]

Hello and welcome to BYC

 

[ra30ra]

Welcome to BYC! Thanks for joining us.

They are old enough to be moved outside permanently.

Also, your chicks are Silver Laced, not Gold.

Really!? I wondered that too. I was told they were Golden Laced, but the “boy” at the store didn’t seem to have a lot of answers to my questions. Thank you.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. They will be fine outdoors, and for further reference, I'm in texas and I brood mine outdoors from the day they hatch.
Be sure and put an apron of hardware cloth around the bottom of your run and coop. Do you have more pictures of the run/coop?

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Yes, you have Silver laced Wyandottes and yes, you can very safely leave them out in those temperatures. They will be just fine as long as the coop is draft free.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore so enjoy.