Transition articles ?

[DDB]

How bout post links to a variety of articles on transitioning from indoors under the lamp to the coop outdoors?

Thanks,

DD

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How bout post links to a variety of articles on transitioning from indoors under the lamp to the coop outdoors?

Thanks,

DD

Do you mean how to post your articles?
Go to the articles main page and click on the blue button "create article" at the top.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

 

[DDB]

Do you mean how to post your articles?
Go to the articles main page and click on the blue button "create article" at the top.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/

No, what I mean is, under this topic thread, I would appreciate if knowledgeable, familiar with the forums, post links to articles that are particularly helpful with information how to transition chicks from indoors to the coop, outdoors. I have chicks, inside under the lamp, that will soon be ready to go outside.

 

[aart]

I brood my chicks in the coop from about 1 week after hatch,
then integrate by about 4-6 weeks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/


Here's trick I used before I started brooding in the coop:
Make them a 'huddle box', put it in the brooder after turning off the heat(you might have to 'persuade' them to use it) then move it out to the coop with them.

Cardboard box with a bottom a little bigger than what they need to cuddle next to each other without piling and tall enough for them to stand in.

Cut an opening on one side a couple inches from bottom and big enough for 2-3 of them to go thru at once.

Fill the bottom with some pine shavings an inch or so deep.

This will give them a cozy place to sleep/rest, block any drafts and help hold their body heat in.