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Can anyone tell me at what age can you mix chicks and older chickens without them being killed or injured. Should i place them in a cage in the coop first so that they can get used to each other?

I live in Beverley England. One more question-i let all the chickens out each day to roam in my field so the 2 hens come into contact with all the cockerels, but at mo the 2 hens stick with the cockerel they live with who is older and bigger. Will the cockerels start to fight in the open field...

Thanks for replies. I will keep them separate, it would just have been easy to have all 8 birds togerther-6 cockerels & 2 hens. I know i dont need all the cockerels, what do people do with all their excess 'boys'...i cant kill them! Can i post them to you in America?

I have 5 cockerels in one coop and one cockerel with 2 hens in another. I want to put them all together. Will the one cockerel currently on own fight the others when mixed together?

I'm new to this...what should the humidity be and what temp should i store eggs before incubating?

Have a new incubator and have 8 eggs but weather is very cold here in england and i collect the eggs at 1C before placing in the incubator...is this too cold? I let them reach room temp before placing in incubator, but they will have spent a day at 1C. (33F)

Hi, my names mike live in beverley england. just found site via google. Have a new incubator and have 8 eggs but weather is very cold and i collect the eggs at 1C before placing in the incubator...is this too cold? Have tried candling and see darkness within the egg but no veins does this mean...