Is it safe to move my baby chicks outside to my garage that nots the best insulated with their heat/ brooder lamps?

[C Siena]

Oooo maybe I'll do that when I set them up in the garage might even enclose a specific area with a moving blanket to get the heat in one spot. It still gets down to the 20s sometimes. Supposed to rain and drop under 30 at night. Maybe I'll even get another light just to be extra until I get this coop built and insulated.

I don't know where you live, but do you need insulation? We had 4 days with temps -8 to 15, had no insulation, no heat source. All were fine. The 2 roos had a bit of frostbite but it appears gone. Often the nights (some days) are in the 20s.
The chicks also need to be able to get away from the heat. Our 3 day old chicks were moving away from directly under the heat lamp. It was 95/96, so I adjusted and it is about 92 with other areas 80-85. Food and water are away from the warmest area.

 

[C Siena]

Our six 4 week old (yesterday) chicks were put into the garage today and it is 58 in there. As I was reworking the MHP and getting some other items, an hour flew by...they were not huddled but eating, drinking and playing, flying off the water container, etc. They didn't have a problem with the temp. I wanted a little heat as the temp will drop after midnight 38-42 overnight. We'll check on them when we return home and tomorrow, into the coop in a cage.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I put chicks straight from an incubator or the post office into my brooder in the coop, whether the temperature is below freezing or in the 90's Fahrenheit. How I manage that depends on what the high and low temperatures are.

To me a big problem in brooding outside is the temperature swings. The chicks need a warm enough spot to go to in the lowest of temperatures and a cool enough spot in the highest of temperatures. My brooder is big enough that they can get away from the heat if they need to. I keep one end toasty with a heat lamp and let the far end cool off as it will. I might have frost on the walls of the brooder away from the heat but it is nice and warm under the heat lamp. When the weather warms up they move to the cooler end. Mama heating pads can work great in these conditions. Some heat plates are not rated to work under 50 degrees Fahrenheit but some people successfully use heat plates. It's all about understanding what they need and providing it.

Good luck!

 

[thebigbadassman]

I don't know where you live, but do you need insulation? We had 4 days with temps -8 to 15, had no insulation, no heat source. All were fine. The 2 roos had a bit of frostbite but it appears gone. Often the nights (some days) are in the 20s.
The chicks also need to be able to get away from the heat. Our 3 day old chicks were moving away from directly under the heat lamp. It was 95/96, so I adjusted and it is about 92 with other areas 80-85. Food and water are away from the warmest area.

I'm in north western Colorado. So it still gets below freezing at nights at times. So 20s. Nothing crazy. Just being cautious because of how young they are. But from what I've seen and heard.... if they have their hear lamps then all is good.