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  1. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    @Mrs. K Do you have pics of your Wooly hen and run? That’s sounds intriguing but I’m such a visual person it would help me to see it. How do you attach the wool to the top and what keeps the hens from pecking it all off and eating/pooping on it?
  2. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    Ok! Thank you so so much! I will reach out again in a few days!
  3. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    Ok, I removed the brooding plate and turned off one of the window unit heaters in the shop. It will get colder in there tonight then they are used to but still have one heater on and the lamp in the brooder. The shop is 30 ft wide and 40 ft tall and metal so it gets cold in there. I really...
  4. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    But what about at night? I just put them in the coop with everyone else? I’m afraid they would murdered in the morning lol. Here is their current feather development
  5. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    @rosemarythyme I can run an extension cord to the coop. And I can also start weaning them off heat in the shop asap. I will remove the brooder plate and turn off the heater in the shop and at that point they would only have the heat lamp. I have chicken wire and zip ties coming out my ears.
  6. dbounds10

    Early chick integration

    Hi Peeps! I am wanting to do the early chick integration method but I can’t wrap my head around how to make it work. I have four 3 week olds that I want to integrate with an existing flock of 8 hens and a rooster that are 1 year old. I read @rosemarythyme article but having trouble applying to...
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