Too cold for chicks to be out?

[SterlingAcres]

It's about 40 here and raining today. I've got some 3.5 wk old chicks inside that are really stinking up my house. If I stick them out in the barn (obviously with a heat lamp) they should be fine in a dog crate, right? I can cover a side or two, but the barn is relatively draft free.

 

[A.J.'s]

yes

 

[cluckychick]

My babies were born and raised in the barn in a dog crate and a heat lamp with 40 degree temps. Two clutches of them. All did fine with no illnesses or problems whatsoever

 

[SterlingAcres]

Cool. These critters are really stinking up my walkin closet.

They need to get out. I put our original flock outside when they were 2-3 weeks old, but that was over the summer and it was hot out.