do six month old chicks need heat lamp at night?

Doc · #1 04/14/13, 05:38 PM

We're central NC and the low is in the mid-upper 50s. Chicks are feathered and with no light during the day (in their coop outside loving it). Do they still need light at night? What we have is a 125 over their little roost.

Jennifer L. · #2 04/14/13, 06:10 PM

No, they don't need a light. Heck, they are old enough to lay!

Cali · #3 04/14/13, 06:13 PM

Mine are 6 weeks and are outside without a lamp in similar temperatures

Doc · #4 04/14/13, 06:15 PM

Hold it -- I made a mistake -- I meant six WEEK old!!

Sorry.

suelandress · #5 04/14/13, 06:57 PM

Once feathered, no heatlamp necessary....as long as they aren't in a draft.

Doc · #6 04/14/13, 08:35 PM

They are in the barn in their coop at night. They look pretty feathered out to me.