- Apr 4, 2012
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I have 9 three month old chicks that I have been trying to integrate into my "flock" of 2 one year old hens. I started with 12 chicks and have had three get killed by the older girls. Everytime I try to let them all run together another chick gets killed. I managed to "rescue" one of the chicks on Sunday where they had already torn him up a little, and he seems to be doing ok now. I built him a little "hospital wing" in the hen house so he could be safe, but he flew over the wire. Anyway, is there any chance of these chickens working it out? My husband flat refuses to build me anything to keep them separate, and every time I try to let them "work it out" I end up with another dead chick. There is only one door to the hen house, so I can't divide them up with wire, and the only other way I can let the chicks into the run is to let the hens free range (which I can only do after work). I'm also very hesitant to let them all free range together in case the hens chase the chicks away.
Any suggestions on how to help this process, and hopefully not lose anymore chicks would be welcome!
Any suggestions on how to help this process, and hopefully not lose anymore chicks would be welcome!