Okay to Leave Chicks in the Dark?

[Pendragonz]

Mine are about 2½ weeks old and I havent shut the heat lamp off in the night yet, will they be ok?

They will be fine. Are you brooding inside, in the garage, or outside? I would go by the ambient or air temp to determine when I would turn off the heat lamp. If it's consistently over 80 then they can be w/o the heat lamp with no problem.

 

[Noobi2411]

They will be fine. Are you brooding inside, in the garage, or outside? I would go by the ambient or air temp to determine when I would turn off the heat lamp. If it's consistently over 80 then they can be w/o the heat lamp with no problem.

Yeah it is above 80, I'll try it they chirp loudly though but they have to get used to it in the coop lol