Very good thread. I just have to say I'm in the middle of integrating the next generation of three to two older girls and I do not recommend it for the average surburban back yard crazy chicken lady. Unless you have two runs and two coops for a month or so it's 6 weeks of wrangling at bed time and trying to get the little ones to know where their coop is, and actually go into it, with a grouchy old gal inhabiting it. I'm now just removing old bitchy-pants to the pen in the dining room at around 5pm so we can have a little peace at bed time and the little ones will go in. I may need to remove the Wyandott permanently if she doesn't take a chill pill as I don't want to deal with it much longer.