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    My chicken integration story

    Today was integration day, phase 2 on the chicks. A brief summary: we have 3 year plus chickens (adults), we have 3 month old chickens (teenagers) and we have 3 week old chickens (kids). The adults free range around the place. They have a place to roost in the main coop. The teenagers were moved...
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    Chick integration strategy

    Thanks for your response, What I have done in the past was to raise the 13 chicks in the other location until they get to size. I then take them to the penned in area and the coop, (one complex) after the mature hens/roosters have gone to roost at night. I then leave them together for a week so...
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    Chick integration strategy

    I am a recreational chicken rancher in Texas. I currently have 15 laying hens with 2 roosters and 13 chicks that are about 55 days old. Our layout: We live on 3 acres with 2 acres fenced in. The mature chickens free range and roost in a large coop at night. I close them in at night and let...
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    Texas

    Just checking in, we are from the Canyon Lake area North of San Antonio. The last time I was involved with raising chickens was back in Iowa when I was growing up. To put that into perspective, I retired 2 years ago.
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    Chickens are addictive!!

    Had a bad experience. Raccoon reached through the chicken wire and killed three of my new brood (7 weeks) of 10 pullets and a rooster. I messed up and put some roosts on the inside, very high up on the front which was chicken wire. While they were sleeping the Raccoon reached through and got...
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