5 Week Old Chickens

Chickens are some of the easiest animals to keep. These chickens are still in the garage and under a red heat lamp. They will stay under the lights for another 2 weeks, then I will move their chicken coop out back.

Question: How do you know when to take your chickens out side?

Answer: New baby chicks need to stay at 95 degrees the first week of life. That's why we topically keep chickens under a red heat lamp while they're young. Every week the chicken lives, you can lower that temperature by 5 degrees. ex: week 1 = 95 degrees, week 2 = 90 degrees, week 4 = 80 degrees... Once the temperature outside stays constantly above where the chickens need to be, then you take them outside.

These pictures are of my Ameraucana's:

Notice how the feathers are almost all in and the down feathers are pretty much all gone. By week 5 your chickens are almost out of the awkward teenage state and begin looking like young adult chickens.

 See the pictures of the chickens as new borns HERE!