Hello,
I am new to chickens and have a question on integration. I have been reading up, but would still like some advise. We have six14 week old pullets. We bought 3 new chicks about 1 1/2 months ago. We just couldn't seem to help ourselves. ( we actually bought 4, but one was a rooster, and we had to bring him back. He was crowing at 3 weeks old!). Any way, babies are now out of the brooder.. My hubby made a temporary addition to the coop, with a small run underneath, so we could get the babies outside, and all the chickens could see each other during the day while in their runs through the hardware cloth. We will let them out of the coops to free range in the yard together and the big girls always pick on the babies.. My question is, how long until we can finally combine the coops together and the chickens? The babies don't have that much run space, and so i was wondering.
I am new to chickens and have a question on integration. I have been reading up, but would still like some advise. We have six14 week old pullets. We bought 3 new chicks about 1 1/2 months ago. We just couldn't seem to help ourselves. ( we actually bought 4, but one was a rooster, and we had to bring him back. He was crowing at 3 weeks old!). Any way, babies are now out of the brooder.. My hubby made a temporary addition to the coop, with a small run underneath, so we could get the babies outside, and all the chickens could see each other during the day while in their runs through the hardware cloth. We will let them out of the coops to free range in the yard together and the big girls always pick on the babies.. My question is, how long until we can finally combine the coops together and the chickens? The babies don't have that much run space, and so i was wondering.
