Question on what to do with chicks when?

[JaciesCoop]

This is the first time I've had chicks coming (from Ideal) when it's still been cold.
I have a brooder set up inside the house and know about the 95 degrees the 1st week and after that down 5 degrees each week.
My question is: How old do they have to be before they can go out in the coop (with a heat lamp up high)?
Their section of the coop is divided off from the rest of the flock but they will have a small run with roost in it and the their part of the coop has roost and 1 good size nesting box on the floor. When can they use these facilities without the fear of them getting too cold.
Hope I've made sense here. Last group I got was last summer and in AZ there is no fear of them freezing! LOL! But I did have a light on for them each night.

And the red heat lamp is still on their side of the coop so it will be on at night.

Jacie

 

[DouglasPeeps]

I put my chicks out to their coop when they were 2 and 3 weeks old. It is sectioned off and I have 2 heat lamps running at night. It is still cold here, so I also run 1 or 2 of them in the day depending on the temperature. They made the adjustment great. I haven't let mine go outside in the run because it hasn't been above 70F here yet. Hoping, hoping, hoping I do have to say that I worried about them a lot, especially at night. They are 5 1/2 and 6 1/2 weeks old now and I am still checking on them very regularly.

Hope this helps!

 

[JaciesCoop]

Yes DP that does help. Sounds like your set up is much like mine. Hope we get some more replies for comparison sake.

Jacie

 

[luckitri]

I have always put mine out, (not that I am an expert) because I figure if they were with their mother she would be parading them out once in a while for some feed and exercise. However I do have the luxury of being at home and last weekend I only put them out a bit when it seemed warm enough. They were very upset at being confined in the house after already having been out so much. They are about a month old I guess. I am in Glendale.

 

[silkiechicken]

I'll kick mine to an outdoor brooder at about a week old. They go to the grower coop at 3-4 weeks, and lose their heat lamp by 6 weeks or so... spring temps here range in the 30-40 at night and 40-50 day highs.