when to move babies out of the brooder

[chicpoopscooper]

My babies are now almost seven days old they are in the brooder, when do I move them to the big kid coop? pI want to work this out before the time so its set up

 

[TwoCrows]

They will need to be in the brooder until they are fully feathered, generally 6 weeks. If these are coturnix quail, your temp from day one should have been around 95 degrees. The temp is then lowered each week by 5 degrees, so your quail should be now at 90 degrees. Keep lowering the heat by 5 degrees for the next 6 weeks. When you do move them outside into the "big coop", you will probably still need to add some heat at night for a week or two, being that this is winter.

 

[MrNappy]

Hey, could you sell me quail/eggs?

 

[chicpoopscooper]

Hey, could you sell me quail/eggs?

Love too, but I wont have any ready till march. This is my first batch growing now. I bought mine from a man in Nova Scotia.

 

[Bottio]

Are you keeping your chicks in the brooder for 6 weeks because you live in cold climate? My chicks are 2 weeks old and look well-feathered. That said, it is 87° F here today in southern CA at the beginning of November. What is a reasonable night time temperature for them to tolerate?
Thanks!

 

[007Sean]

Nothing to add, @TwoCrows has said it all.

 

[Erkenstein]

Mine go out at 2 weeks with a supplemental heat lamp in the coop (60W). They are fully feathered and stanky, so out they go. I put some out last week and for the first few days they stayed near the lamp but now I see them hanging out outside the warm sheltered area. It's about 40 at night, so they are sleeping in there.

 

[igorsMistress]

I kicked mine out early too. The daytime temps were warmer than my house and they had the heat plate for nighttime.

 

[ejtrout31]

U relize the thread was created in 2013

Are you keeping your chicks in the brooder for 6 weeks because you live in cold climate? My chicks are 2 weeks old and look well-feathered. That said, it is 87° F here today in southern CA at the beginning of November. What is a reasonable night time temperature for them to tolerate?
Thanks!

Nothing to add, @TwoCrows has said it all.

Mine go out at 2 weeks with a supplemental heat lamp in the coop (60W). They are fully feathered and stanky, so out they go. I put some out last week and for the first few days they stayed near the lamp but now I see them hanging out outside the warm sheltered area. It's about 40 at night, so they are sleeping in there.

I kicked mine out early too. The daytime temps were warmer than my house and they had the heat plate for nighttime.

 

[igorsMistress]

U relize the thread was created in 2013