Help I admit I am a chicken newbie but chose the Jersey Giant breed --- and now have a predicament-- have simultaneously ordered 15 hen chicks that arrive in a week-- and got a confirmation back from a local craigslisting ( I like to honor my committments) so will be getting 6 3 week old chicks as well the day after tommorrow!--
not sure how to do this-- my coop is for 8 standard chickens so I was thinking maybe 6 full grown giants would fit into it (we have an acre back yard so there is room to expand) and a second coop? How to mix the two-- and when-- I am assumming that in 3 weeks I can put the chicks outside by which time the older chicks will be 7 weeks--
also am thinking to trade off any roosters (the 6 from Craigslist are unsexed which is on reason I ordered hens online)...
Or trade some for another coop?
I was assuming there would be some chicken mortality as well so wouldnt have exactly 21 chickens... But still I will have too many...
Any thoughts, advice would be really really really appreciated-- I am in the Grass Valley, CA area!










