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    introducing 5 wk old chicks to 2 yr old hens

    Well, my introduction happened totally by accident 4 days ago. When I went down to let the babies out of their jail.................they were already out in the coop with the big girls (4) and the big guy. I went ahead and watched them forever and let them out into the run together. My big...
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    Question and problem(s)............

    SNAKE! Been down checking on my babies all day. Noticed my big guys calling like crazy. Went to the coop and their was a snake in there. My hen didn't care because as soon as I opened the door, she went in and laid an egg. The snake quickly went out the hole he came in. I have blocked the hole...
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    introducing 5 wk old chicks to 2 yr old hens

    I literally RIGGED a portion of my coop off for the babies. They slept there last night and I let them out of chicken jail when my big guys went out. I am very interested to see how your introduction goes. My big guy and girls just watched them through the jail last night and then went and...
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    Question and problem(s)............

    Trying to round up chicks is like trying to herd cats........................just saying! I went in the run today to water the babies as my big girls were out. 4 found one tiny hole in the gate where it was slightly open and off they went! I just spent the better part of 2 hours trying to get...
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    introducing 5 wk old chicks to 2 yr old hens

    I can't wait to see the replies on this! I am working on introducing 24 3 week old chicks to my Barred Rock rooster and 5 hens.
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    Question and problem(s)............

    Well.......I rigged up something and I do mean RIGGED. I literally stapled chicken wire into a portion of the coop to create a "jail" for the babies. One of my hens was so torn up she had been out of the coop for 24 hours that she came in while I was working a laid a beautiful egg for me. I have...
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    Question and problem(s)............

    We do have a place to keep them at the barn, but its too far away from the house for me to get to them without riding the four wheeler. I would like to let the chicks have free range of the run during the day, but my run isn't enclosed on the top and I am afraid the big chickens will fly in. I...
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    Question and problem(s)............

    I have 24 chicken who are 2 and 3 weeks old. They outgrew their brooder which was about 2' x 4'. They started picking the feathers out of some of the chicks. We decided to move them to the big coop outside. I only have one coop and 5 big hens (Barred Rocks) and a BR rooster. We set up a...
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    Introducing week old chicks to new chicks..................advice PLEASE

    Ended up with 24 gorgeous babies total. They get along fine all together!
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    Introducing week old chicks to new chicks..................advice PLEASE

    3 week old chicks (and not actually a week old until tomorrow). Not 3 weeks old. 3 chickens that are a week old. :)
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    Introducing week old chicks to new chicks..................advice PLEASE

    HOLY MOLY! I just quit counting! I've been home today with a sick child and briefly went to school to check on the chicks kindergarten was hatching for me. There were chicks EVERYWHERE! I don't know how many I put in the brooder with the 3 weeks old chicks I took back to school yesterday. But...
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    Introducing week old chicks to new chicks..................advice PLEASE

    Humm.......I am going to try it again today. I have 8 babies that will be 24 hours or a bit older this afternoon. I will try putting all 8 of them in with the others. The one that jumped on the smaller one yesterday may indeed have been trying to play. It just freaked me out so much that I took...
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    Introducing week old chicks to new chicks..................advice PLEASE

    I have 3 chicks that are 5 and 6 days old. I have just hatched 11 more and still hatching. I tried to put the oldest new chick in with the 3 week old chicks. One promptly flocked the younger one and I put him back in the bator (he was only 12 hours). How do I go about introducing the new chicks...
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