Do you have a picture of the chicken wire crate and where exactly did you put it? Sounds like a good idea! Great to hear it worked for you at young ages!
Yes, the older ones free range most of the time in our yard and the past couple of weeks the babies have been in the playpen during the day so they do know each other. Today I had them all out together for about an hour. I was nervous but mostly the big girls ignored the little ones. There...
I will be going on a trip when my chicks are 11 1/2 weeks old - 2 days from 12 weeks. I have been hoping to integrate before I go so that my chicken babysitter can easily take care of them all and I don’t have to make special arrangements and worry about while I’m gone (I have 3 chicks and 3...