Also, when I introduce new babies, once they are 6 weeks or older, I will put them in a smaller chicken tractor inside the big run. (The chicken tractors technically a chicken infirmary) I let them stay there for 5 or so days, then let them out of the tractor, monitoring closely with the big...
I let my 2.5 week old chicks outside for about 10 minutes. I brought two outside at a time, so I could keep track of them. I was a little worried when my big hens showed up. They were free ranging in the yard. But they were actually totally fine. They looked at the little one, but didn’t show...