And to be honest they aren't getting along ... but I'm chalking that up to the age difference. My 4 months olds were raised by the hen lowest on the pecking order so they kinda just stick to themselves. Whereas the other younget ones are more assimilated
Last year I had 14 birds all adults in just the coop... no covered run and lots of issues like flooding and I also had a few issues that required a vet (parasites) They had access to outside but with all the snow they stayed inside most of the time. I cleared snow as much as I could to help...
Stalking this post a bit.... my coop is 6x10 and I currently have 17 chickens just waiting to choose which rooster I'm going to keep than I'll be down to 14 or 15. My covered run is 6x10 and then the flock has access to a larger uncovered run as well that is maybe 40x60. I am hoping to build...