tviss711
Chirping
- Apr 12, 2024
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Hi everyone, here’s a photo for reference. These guys are about 4 1/2 weeks old, and look pretty feathered out as you can see. 2 Buff Orp 2 SS. They are anxious to move out of the brooder. Would I be okay moving them out this week? Temps are in mid 40’s at night, high 50’s low 60’s during the day. I’m using a Producers Pride brooder plate that can also be a coop heater. We could run an extension cord out to put it in their temporary coop, but I would rather keep them in another week than bother with that, so my question is do these guys look robust enough to not have any supplemental heat outside at this stage? We kept our first batch of chicks in the house for like 10 weeks (I was a nervous new chicken mom). There are only four of them which I know isn’t a ton for huddle power, but it is something. They’ll be full time in a small coop with a run attached in the chicken yard, so the rest of the flock can get safely acquainted until we can fully integrate them later. So anyway, should I wait another week or are they fluffy enough you think?