Can 3wk old turkeys go outside to the brooder with heat plate?

[Chickerywitchery]

I've got 3 royal palm turkey babies that are 3wks old.

My outdoor brooder is inside the chicken coop and can have the heat plate move with them. Since I'm in north GA we've gotten some 90° days and nighttime it doesn't drop below 60° (most nights it's 70°).

Do babies need to stay inside with temperature controlled areas for the cold or the heat? Could they get too hot outside without their adult feathers or would they be safe to go ahead and move out there?

 

[R2elk]

I've got 3 royal palm turkey babies that are 3wks old.

My outdoor brooder is inside the chicken coop and can have the heat plate move with them. Since I'm in north GA we've gotten some 90° days and nighttime it doesn't drop below 60° (most nights it's 70°).

Do babies need to stay inside with temperature controlled areas for the cold or the heat? Could they get too hot outside without their adult feathers or would they be safe to go ahead and move out there?

I take my poults out of the brooder at 2 weeks old. If I don't, they will be flying out. I move them to my grow out pen which has a single heat lamp in a corner if they feel the need for it. Until they are about 4 weeks old they do spend their nights under the heat lamp. Once they start spending nights on their roost, I turn off the heat lamp.

Your poults will need shade if you put them outside to get away from the 90°F temperatures. They will likely need a little supplemental heat at night for the next week or so.

 

[Chickerywitchery]

I take my poults out of the brooder at 2 weeks old. If I don't, they will be flying out. I move them to my grow out pen which has a single heat lamp in a corner if they feel the need for it. Until they are about 4 weeks old they do spend their nights under the heat lamp. Once they start spending nights on their roost, I turn off the heat lamp.

Your poults will need shade if you put them outside to get away from the 90°F temperatures. They will likely need a little supplemental heat at night for the next week or so.

Thank you! The brooder has full shade inside the coop with plenty of ventilation.
I've got some goslings coming the next few days so I really needed this indoor brooder opened up for the day olds (and I'm tired of catching flying turkeys)