New to owning chickens and have a few questions

[Jgalla11]

Hello everyone. This is our first time owning chickens. We recently just got 4 Barnevelder chicks. They’re currently 3 weeks old. (Pics without wire on top is from today 5-24-22 while other crate was being cleaned). I have a few questions we live in Northern California and currently getting about 90+ weather. They are currently left in the garage and do just fine. But this heat spell as me worried about them over heating. I’ve attached an older photo of their forever home. Which is 95 percent done Needs a door for the run and the inside roosting and laying area to be finished. With that being said once the coop is done would it be okay to have them outside? Or any other recommendations for our new family members while we get into the summer heat will be greatly appreciated

 

[MixedFlock23]

Welcome!
Chicks can go outside in the winter as long as they have the ability to warm up (under a momma hen or heat lamp or heat tray thingy). They say keep a section of the brooder at 95° for the chicks’ first week and drop 5° off each week (so 90 when they hit one week until another week passes). Yours are fine at any temp as long as they can get to a warm (80°) draft free place if they do choose. You may find that they only go under your lamp at night if you move them outside. Just obverse them and go by what they tell you. Huddled=too cold. Everywhere and eating & drinking & acting normal =great temps. Wings open, panting, far away from lamp=too hot. When they are fully feathered (generally 6 weeks old), they will no longer need a heat source, though if your nights stay above 65° you may find you can take away the heat sooner. Happy chick raising!
PS Don’t let them out of the covered run without watching them as hawks are very quick and prey on chicks & young pullets often. I personally don’t let birds out to graze until they are laying/nearly fully sized & then only when I’m watching.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

They should be fine outside. In my 75 degree house, the chicks were barely dependent on a heat lamp at only a few weeks old. With it being 90 outside, they won't even need a lamp. I would check the temps at night though. Make sure they dont get too low. And watch the chicks body language. Are they huddled? That means too cold. Panting? Too hot. Like I said, they should be perfectly fine, as long as night temps stay high.

 

[Jgalla11]

Welcome!
Chicks can go outside in the winter as long as they have the ability to warm up (under a momma hen or heat lamp or heat tray thingy). They say keep a section of the brooder at 95° for the chicks’ first week and drop 5° off each week (so 90 when they hit one week until another week passes). Yours are fine at any temp as long as they can get to a warm (80°) draft free place if they do choose. You may find that they only go under your lamp at night if you move them outside. Just obverse them and go by what they tell you. Huddled=too cold. Everywhere and eating & drinking & acting normal =great temps. Wings open, panting, far away from lamp=too hot. When they are fully feathered (generally 6 weeks old), they will no longer need a heat source, though if your nights stay above 65° you may find you can take away the heat sooner. Happy chick raising!
PS Don’t let them out of the covered run without watching them as hawks are very quick and prey on chicks & young pullets often. I personally don’t let birds out to graze until they are laying/nearly fully sized & then only when I’m watching.

Thank you for all that info
That photo of the coop is older it’s now fully wrapped in chicken coop so they’re protected from predators and I can run electrical into house if it was to drop colder than 65. But I only plan on letting them out of coop supervised because I have garden. Raised beds and lots of pots I don’t want them getting into.

 

[Jgalla11]

They should be fine outside. In my 75 degree house, the chicks were barely dependent on a heat lamp at only a few weeks old. With it being 90 outside, they won't even need a lamp. I would check the temps at night though. Make sure they dont get too low. And watch the chicks body language. Are they huddled? That means too cold. Panting? Too hot. Like I said, they should be perfectly fine, as long as night temps stay high.

Temps for the next week at night are supposed to drop down to mid to high 50s. But thanks for the info

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Temps for the next week at night are supposed to drop down to mid to high 50s. But thanks for the info

They might be fine. Watch behavior, but I would bring them in or put a heating source out there.