These chicks have me stumped about bedtime

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With younger chicks the main thing is making sure they know how to navigate in and out of the coop if that's where the heat source and protection from the elements lies. Someone recently posted something about young chicks learning to navigate around their settings at 11 days old, which was an interesting thing to learn about: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/raising-baby-chicks-what’s-your-go-to-method.1677436/page-3#post-28855987

From my own experience 14-day-old chicks can be trusted to navigate through my entire set up, both coop and run (a total of 500 sq ft). But my brooder is floor height and my coop has steps, which are easier for chicks to navigate vs. a ramp.

Now that is super interesting! Mine are actually 11 days old today. I have noticed that in the past 2 days they are actually using the whole brooder and using the perches and big feeder I put in there a few days ago. I think today I will gather some branches and maybe set up a piece of cardboard to block a small section from their sight and see if they'll venture over there. How awesome are chickens?! I'm having so much fun with these little guys.

I think I'll be moving them out when they are about 14 days old. The weather will be warmer and sunnier so I think it'll be a better experience for them.