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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    About how long did it take for your hens to get along with the new chicks? Thanks for all your help
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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    Quote: Did your chicks also, sleep outside?
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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    Really....5 months....I didn't know that...even if they have had all their shots? I don't want to go through all this and lose chicks...thank you
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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    I also want to add that when my chicks are all done with this last bag of chick starter...I am going to let them eat the layer feed. The feed store said they had all their needed shots. What do you think?
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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    Quote: Thanks for your help , I want mine to sleep at least in the covered dog crate...just so they get into the habit of sleeping in. I have a amish chicken coop so it is small ...All the big girls sleep on the first roost...I was thinking the babies could sleep on the second roost...when...
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    Introducing chicks to the rest of the flock....Help!

    I have 10- 1 year old chickens...and 10 2 month old chicks. I separated their run, so they could still see each other. sometimes I let them get together...but always end up separating them so no one gets too picked on. The chicks have a wired dog cage with a tarp on it. I have left the door...
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