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  1. D

    Integration(idk why says hatching, meant management sorry)

    New to the forum, happy to be here…Currently have 4 hens that are about 4 years old in a coop(that fits 20) that get free range for the day. Recently picked up 6 baby chicks, who are now 14 weeks old. They are currently in a separate coop, but free range in the same area as the older hens...
  2. L

    Chick integration to established flock-concerned about one of the older gals.

    My older girls have a solid pecking order (5 Girls about 3yrs old) with the head hen being quite chill, never mean or overly aggressive with the others. My new girls (3 of them) are about 8weeks, are in a small coop & run inside the big run. Separate and safe within full view of the older girls...
  3. My1stChickens

    Need help with integration plan- 5 new youngsters, 2 geriatric hens

    My littles are nearing the end of their quartantine. They've been in a 12x12 stall for the last three weeks, next week will be a full month. They are energetic little things-- and they actually like to fly. Their future home-- 11x13 "coop" with about 20' of roosting space. Currently...
  4. Michelle_Mel

    Integrating chicks 1 month apart?

    Hi all, I hatched 3 chicks and one month later hatched 6 more. They are currently 7 weeks and 3 weeks old. Approximately how long should I wait before putting them together?
  5. A

    Help needed. Young hens not integrating.

    Hello, I need advice. I have 5 laying barred rock hens and a lavender Orpington roo. We added 7 lavender Orpington chicks to the flock over a month ago. I put them in the coop at 7 weeks old in an ex pen so they could “get to know” the larger birds. After 3 weeks, I removed the pen separating...
  6. KBsChickies

    Can I start putting the younger chicks in the coop?

    I have three 13 week old hens (barnyard mix) and ten 8 week olds (5 Silkies and 5 Lavender Orpingtons.) I’ve had the brooder in the run for 2 weeks, 1 week of only supervised mingling and for the past week I’ve just let them be together all day except for when the bigger 3 go into the coop at...
  7. C

    Integrating new chicks

    ...work it out" which I have been trying to do but I think its actually making my 9 week old chicks seem more isolated. I did the initial integration within the coop in the dog cage. Seemed to be going well, I then did supervised visits in the run and my big hens bullied them a little but let...
  8. K

    Normal integration behavior, or do we need to separate?

    Hi! New-ish chicken owner here. I am introducing 11 8-week old pullets to our 3 15-week old pullets. For approximately 5 days I had the younger group in a separate area within the coop, so they could see/hear but not touch. Last night I raised the divider to allow the younger ones the freedom to...
  9. S

    Integration Day! Help Lol!

    Today is integration Day! Help lol This is my setup. We turned underneath the loft space into a temporary coop for my 14 chicks for 7 weeks and put chicken wire down the center of the run. My “chicks” are now 15.5 weeks old. My older chickens (4 hens and 1 rooster) used to free range all day...
  10. atomic

    Integrating lone pullet

    I need advice on which way to go. I am a new chicken enthusiast, and as expected, ended up with more chickens than I thought. And of course my luck was that out of the five chicks I picked at a farm swap, four of them are cockerels. My oldest three are on the cusp of laying age, and they are not...
  11. Appalachickens

    Integrating different age chicks.

    Currently I have 4 nine-week-olds out in the coop/run and 9 chicks (4 five-week-olds and 5 three-week-olds) in a 4x4 brooder set up in the garage. Yesterday I took just the five-week-olds out for a long visit and left them unattended in a dog crate for look-but-no-touch time. Today all 9 went...
  12. MarlaMac

    Integrating chicks

    ...younger girls? I was hoping she would and allow her to spend time with them during the day, but I don't want to interfere in her full integration into the big girl flock at the right time. Also, if "she" is a "he" (which I am still on the fence with - hoping for a girl...but...) this is all...
  13. Myrkk

    Integration done but no eggs.

    We bought another hen, approx. 1yr old same as the 3 hens we have, as one of our hens was being somewhat ignored by the other two. Two Scot’s greys were ignoring the Plymouth Rock. I’d been watching a programme on chickens which said chickens seem to like other chickens the same colour and I...
  14. Kflores80

    Flock Integration - Help!

    Hi all! I have been reading a bunch of the threads on similar topics but nothing seems to truly match what I’m asking. I am trying to integrate flocks. My 4 older girls (3 cinnamon queens and a mix breed Key West chicken) are one year old as of Easter. Originally they were in an arched chain...
  15. garye5007

    Drama in the coop.. integration

    Hello, I have five 9 week old birds and five older ladies that I have kept in a separate part of the coupe. I had a plastic netting between the two so they could see each other for a couple of weeks. Yesterday I cut a hole in it so that they could start to get together and one of the older girls...
  16. 0

    integrating 6 pullets 7 weeks old , to flock of 9 16 weeks old

    the little ones are in a small run within a larger run with the existing flock , question is when can I move them into the same coop at night ? so far I've been putting them in a separate coop at nights , how much longer must I wait before keeping them all in the same coop ? any shared...
  17. C

    Integration day 2 (15 week pullet and 6 week chicks)

    So far we are only keeping them together in the chicken yard during the day. Seems like it’s going a little better than day 1 when she was relentlessly chasing them. I still catch her chasing and pulling their feathers a bit if they are in an area I think she feels territorial over.. but they...
  18. Mikski

    Coop-Brooded Chicks Integration

    Hello! I had a broody mama this spring and so I gave her two chicks (I don’t have a rooster). She quickly accepted them and was a fantastic mother. She raised them in the coop alongside the rest of my flock. They are now 11-12 weeks old and have been trying to sleep in the nesting boxes every...
  19. L

    Frizzled Bantam Cochin & Silkie - Boys? What to do about littles with the rest of the hens

    First time chicken keeper here. We have 6 hens from our local farm store, 4 standard/big girls (Cochin, Faverolle, Orpington, Easter Egger) and 2 littles (Bantam Cochin who ended up being frizzled, silkie) - all 5 weeks old. I'm worried that the bantam cochin is a rooster, which could leave...
  20. E

    Integrating different ages of pullets

    Hello, I have a group of chicks who are about 5-6 weeks old. More of them appear to be males than I was hoping for so I’d like to get a second group but all that is available near me are pullets who are 9-10 weeks old. At this age would I need to integrate them slowly like I would with my...
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