Will my chicks be okay in the coop overnight

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I have recently gotten some significantly older chickens one three month old one two month old and I have three six week old and three four week old my coop can hold 8-10 adult chickens and I have 9 not fully grown yet it’s supposed to get between 60-70 degrees throughout the night will the four week old chicks be okay in the coop with the rest of them size wise and age wise
 

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The 4 week old still need some extra warmth.
And the difference in age is a risk because of the pecking order.

I would keep all young ones seperated under a heath plate for a few more weeks.
 
At that level of feathering and those temperatures, I would just give the chicks a draft protected huddle box to use with lots of fluffy dry bedding all around it and an old towel thrown over the top leaving an opening in the front for them to go in and out of.
Because your chicks are so much younger than your pullets, I agree that they should have a barrier between them and the pullets so that they all can see each other but not touch. Leave them this way for 7-10 days before opening a chick sized door or two in the barrier so that only the littles can come and go from their space and see how they do with the pullets.
 

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