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It's been a few weeks, just really curious if/when you moved them outside??? I have 3 week olds that I'm moving out today and it's supposed to get down to *30. I'm using a MHP, heating pad. I actually don't usually keep them in my she shed for longer than 2 weeks but it's been really cold and they're different ages (2 weeks and 3 weeks.) I guess my question is, did you use a plate and a heat lamp or just a plate?
I moved them out the following week I have a plate and lamp out there. I built them a 4’x8’ enclosure separate from the big chickens with cage cloth walls so they can see each other. It is 4’ tall as well.
It has gotten down to the mid twenties a couple times sense then with no ill effects. I would lose the heat plate but my runt marans still uses it so I’m not gonna take it away till she doesn’t anymore. I’m actually gonna put them a roost bar in there Saturday and start moving them to the main flock as they start roosting and stop using the lamp.