when can I get my chicks out to their coop

[ameraucana 25]

Can I put my chicks outside in this weather https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/flagstaff/86001/daily-weather-forecast/326854. They are just under 6 weeks and I have this coop https://www.omlet.us/eglu-pro-chicken-coop/. I also can put a heating plate out there. some are over 6 weeks since I got them from a feed store and they were hatched on different days. I would like to put them out their tonight they have been out there all day.


P.S. also have this run https://www.omlet.us/shop/chicken_keeping/walk_in_chicken_run/ do I need to train them to go into there coop at night

 

[DobieLover]

If put them out with a huddle box. They'll be fine.

 

[DLA]

At 6 weeks they typically have enough feathers to keep them warm enough so that shouldn't be a problem in your area with those temps. Or as previous post says, a huddle box could also be an option. At dusk go and set them on the roost, they usually figure it out pretty quickly. They usually like to roost at the highest point they can find.

 

[ameraucana 25]

I am going to put the heating plate in there nesting box

 

[ameraucana 25]

Any more opinions

 

[DonyaQuick]

do I need to train them to go into there coop at night

Almost certainly yes. Low chance you have magic chickens that just do it, but usually they won't go in a strange new place at night.

Am I correctly interpreting that weather report as showing night lows below freezing? 60F during the day is fine but IMO <40F is potentially a bit brutal if they've been at significantly higher indoor temps the whole rest of the time, although you did say you were using the heat plate out there. My personal preference if it was my chicks would just be to bring them back inside at night for a bit until those nighttime lows are a bit milder (which it looks like is coming down the pipe if I read it right).

 

[gimmie birdies]

I say 8-9 weeks, but it is cooler here.

 

[ameraucana 25]

I have them out there right now and when they were inside the house temp was 63F should I bring them in?

 

[HollowOfWisps]

I brood mine outside in the barn from day 1 with a brooder plate. Most of the time they are not even under the plate. It was in the low 30’s last week at night/mornings and mine were not even under the brooder plate. Chicks can handle the cooler temperatures just fine as long as they have a way to warm up. At 6 weeks I would not be worried.

 

[ameraucana 25]

thank you because I am worried