Sleeping outside

[Carolyn227]

I moved my chickens outside today! They love it. They're about 6 weeks old (not 100% sure of their ages- my friend raised them from chicks and we got them about a week ago). They look like their feathers are pretty well in the whole way. The low tonight is 45. Do I need to plug in the heat lamp for them or will they be okay?

 

[GiddyMoon]

They will be fine. Chickens produce a lot of heat and handle anything we think is cold, very well.

 

[plucker]

Yeah, mine are about 7 weeks and are outside in the 30's. They are fine as long as they can get inside and pile together.

 

[ChicksterJo]

I'd rather it be cold outside for them than hot like it was today, in the 90s. They'll be okay as long as they can stay in a draft-free area.

 

[Carolyn227]

We put the heat lamp on because we don't have a draft-free area for them yet. We'll be working on that ASAP.

 

[SIMPleChick]

My husband kept wanting to insulate our chicken coop and we live in Utah, but after reading everything and looking at many coop designs I decided not to insulate and I am glad, they keep the coop VERY warm. And it is with half inch wood...compressed/plywood type stuff, not treated...with air vents and glass windows made out of old picture frames, looks really cute but glass is thin. So I think you are good!