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How long does it take to put chicks in their coop?

if i have baby chicks that are ready to come out of their incubator but not ready to go into the coop how long should it be.

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1. Hi, At about a month the other chickens might not eat them. Get some "no peck" and cover their back ends to protect them. Meanwhile you'll have to set up a warm alternate pen. I used the huge storage buckets from the hardware store. They were about the size of wine barrels. I kept a light on them. Until they get all their feathers it's hard to keep warm. Good luck!
2. They should stay in the incubator until they are all dried off and fuzzy so to speak. They transfer them to a pen with heat lamps hanging at least a foot and a half above the floor. Then put chick starter and water for them. The litter is best if it is pine shavings. The chick starter should have grit in it. When you get the chicks out of the incubator and they are lively take them and dip the tip of there beak into the water not moving the water dish. This will insure they know where to find it. They can wonder in front of it several times and not know what it is or what it is for. The heat in the pen should be 90 degrees and decrease this 5 degrees a week until 70 and then they can be put outside. This is the process of starting them...One thing I have learned and that is if you feed a chick starter that is 24% protein as I do they will get feathering in alot faster and mature slightly more quicker than if they were on 20% I hope this helps you out good luck