Whats the earliest you can put meat chicks outside?

[vidpro23]

We are getting a shipment today of 100 meat chicks. Temps at night are 55-75 here in FL. I have chicken tractors with heat lamps in them. could I put them out right away or do need to wait a couple weeks? I usually start them in barn, but wondered if anyone has put them out on grass right away?

thanks

 

[Spartan22]

I would love to hear the experts on this too, Im thinking of having meat chicken as well in the near future.

 

[osbmail]

The quickest I have gotten them out was 7 days.I think I would not go any quicker than that but I am in Ohio.

 

[Spartan22]

The quickest I have gotten them out was 7 days.I think I would not go any quicker than that but I am in Ohio.

What part of Ohio you from? am in Akron Canton area

 

[vidpro23]

Buckeye here too Columbus. Go bucks!!!

 

[osbmail]

I am about 25minutes from Columbus.Newark Ohio

 

[Mtnmomma3]

Supposedly meat birds are very picky about heat. They must have high temps in the 90s their first week. Here is a chart.
http://www.nutrenaworld.com/knowledge-center/poultry/heat-lamps-for-chicks/index.jsp

 

[pigpen]

I've put mine out at a week old (the older they get the more they smell). Mine usually arrive mid-may and I live in Maine so it's pretty cool at night. The sides of my tractors are covered with plastic for the first four weeks, metal roofing over 2/3 of the top, and a heat lamp until they feather out