We have some youngsters we got from the feed store that are about 6 weeks and 4 weeks. The older ones are feathered out. When would be a good time to introduce them to the older ladies that we got spring of last year? I tried yesterday with the two older chicks but my son said he caught the older girls surrounding one. He wasn't sure if they were picking on them but that youngster ran into the coop and when my son opened the main door the chick jumped into his arms. We found the other one stuck under the fence like he was trying to escape. The fence had cut into his back and wing. Poor little thing.
I just put them in the coop/run with the older girls, now I know that was a bad idea. How should I introduce them all? Should I divide the run keeping them separated, giving the little ones their own coop until they get use to each other? How old should they be?
I don't want them to get hurt again
I just put them in the coop/run with the older girls, now I know that was a bad idea. How should I introduce them all? Should I divide the run keeping them separated, giving the little ones their own coop until they get use to each other? How old should they be?
I don't want them to get hurt again