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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    It sounds like you're on the right track. There will be some tough first days where the littles are scared, but the nice part about them being definitely still small, the adults will consider them "babies" and won't be too tough on them. That's been my experience anyway. I peck here or there...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    Update on ours, the chicks three weeks apart in age are fully integrated. They are sharing a mobile coop out in the temp fenced field area. For the past few weeks they've been there, remaining closed in the coop/run. I'm waiting for a little more size on the youngest so that they're less...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    Mine have been together about five days now. They are still crying when I come out to put everyone away at night, but it seems like that starts when they hear me coming. Instead of running away, they stay near my daughter and wait for her to lift them up. Do they not remember they can fly up...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    How are your chicken integration projects going? My two week younger chicks are making progress at being part of the larger chick group. It's not harmony yet, but it's calmer. Two mornings in a row they came out of the coop with the others! Now if we can just get them to bed without crawling...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    I had to force the littles out of the coop into their run area again this morning. They were scared of the bully chicks. When they got down, they went to their "corner" again while the bigger chicks dug into the food and water. I snuck them their own snack in the corner, and on a whim put big...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    I really feel this one, I'm dealing with the aftermath of my own chicken math miscalculation. Mine included hatching twice in an incubator, buying "just a few" special chicks for my daughter's birthday, and now getting two more for a broody hen we didn't have the heart to disappoint. The...
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