The fresh eggs from the hens = superior baking. Love baking but have to cut back because we are empty nesters no kids at home to help eat these treats. We might end up as round as we are tall if I keep baking 😆
Take a large thick cardboard box. Cut out an entry way that is too small for the adults to get in but large enough for the chicks. Place the chicks feeder under that box. I did this when I integrated the young pullets with the adults hens. It also gave them a place to hide from bully hens and...
Depends on the breed. Larger breeds tend to eat more than the smaller ones. Have they started laying eggs? Young pellets are both finishing growth and getting ready to lay eggs.
They hunch down and act like they want you to pet them instead of running away from you like they usually do. I was very surprised by that behavior when I first started raising hens.
This is typical behavior and it’s how they socialize. Id leave them together. It’s safe to eat the eggs that the pullets lay but best to wait until the pullets are least a year old or laying larger eggs if you plan to used fertile eggs for hatching chicks.
Anyone near by willing to butcher? I hate doing the killing part myself especially if I hand raised them from egg to adult. I get one of my adult sons (who have no attachment to do the kill) then I’m good with doing the rest of processing.