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    RiR Flock killed two younger chicks

    Thanks for the reply and the insight. I definitely feel like you may be right and we just are at an awkward age. The rooster doesn't crow yet and the hens are about a month out from laying. We are going to try to integrate the remaining two very slowly. The two that escaped into the run were...
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    RiR Flock killed two younger chicks

    Generally speaking I tried to follow a 4ft2 per bird rule for coop and 12ft2 per bird for run we originally had 10 RiR that was designed and built for giving 13.5 per bird outside and 3.8 per bird inside. With 12 the numbers are closer to 11.5 outside and 3 inside which I suppose is on the...
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    RiR Flock killed two younger chicks

    I just read your post. Very interesting. If it were summer I may try something similar with maybe small door for chicks to escape into the coop. I think the main issue is that my coop is about 2ft off the ground and the chicks probably had a hard time finding their way back after getting into...
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    RiR Flock killed two younger chicks

    Coop is 8x5 so 35ft2 plus a 4x2 nesting area. Runs 10x10 plus under the coop 5x8 for total of 135ft2 We kept them in the garage until 4 or 5 weeks then in the coop section the past month or so. The sectioned area is 2.5x4 so 1/4 plus half the nesting box. We removed one divider and left the...
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    RiR Flock killed two younger chicks

    I have 8 RiR chickens about 7 months of age... we recently got 4 more chicks. 2 polish laces and 2 barred maran hens. We split a section of our large coop to try to help intigrate them, they are about 3 months old now. Two of them seem to have found a way out of the separation and were killed...
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