Putting baby chicks and ducks to barn/coop

[Taylerlynn]

I already have them in a hutch outside

Hey, I used to live there!

You should be fine, you'll want to slowly lower the heat a bit every day til the spot under brooder or heat lamp is room temp, then put them outside only during the day for a few hours. You should be able to have them outside in a week.

 

[Taylerlynn]

I just got a baby rooster yesterday, so I’m trying to move them out as soon as the coop is ready which should be this week

 

[briarandwillow]

If they've been out in a shed you should be good to just yeet them out to the coop as soon as it's done.

 

[Taylerlynn]

They’ve been on my back porch

If they've been out in a shed you should be good to just yeet them out to the coop as soon as it's done.

 

[Jan Croot]

What age or when is the best time to move the baby ducks and chicks from their little baby hutch/coop to the barn/ coop?

Baby chicks and ducks have very different feed needs. Mine love having space to run too so long as they can find their way back to their warm spot, but I keep different species in their own food specific areas. The high protein food you use for guineas and turkeys would cause overgrowth for chicks, and ducks can't tolerate medicated feed and need more niacin.

 

[Jan Croot]

A momma heat pad or brooder plate for chicks less than 4 weeks old.

I find broiler plates rather inconsistent from one end to the other, and only raise temps 10 to 15 degrees in an open space. If that is enough then go with it.

 

[Taylerlynn]

I keep them all together. They all get non-medicated feed. And they all get doses of Niacin in their water along with electrolytes

Baby chicks and ducks have very different feed needs. Mine love having space to run too so long as they can find their way back to their warm spot, but I keep different species in their own food specific areas. The high protein food you use for guineas and turkeys would cause overgrowth for chicks, and ducks can't tolerate medicated feed and need more niacin.

 

[Jan Croot]

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They’ve been on my back porch

back porch in the mountains of Idaho is very different then a back porch in Florida