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Not yet, they need heat until they are fully feathered as the fluff does not allow them to regulate their own temperature well. If in a brooder, you would drop the temp by 5 degrees a week, starting at 95 degrees so they should be at the 85 degree stage at the mo and this would include night...

I would agree with all this IF it was multiple chicks but one chick on its own is not likely to survive, in my opinion. The benefits of shared body heat and 'moving with the crowd' are huge but one little lonely fluffer is more likely to wander (or be chased) off and not be able to get back to...

Your chick needs to be fully feathered in order to go outside, usually a minimum of six weeks old. Then, if your chick is going to be alone, with no friends to snuggle up to and share body heat, I'd add another couple of weeks to that. Then it would need to be 'hardened off' by having 'visits'...