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At home would be better. Adding young chicks is safer in re: disease because they've had less time to be exposed to anything dangerous. Especially day-olds.

I personally would add chicks on the principle of cycling ages to keep egg production up. But I don't know if you consider your chickens pets or livestock, if you intend to cull after a time, or what other management factors you would want to consider in your situation. What's more available to...

Great! Please post photos. We all LOVE photos here.

I would not plan on them roosting together right off. Roosting is often the most contentious time of the day. If you have space inside a secure run, this is the integration pen I used last year...

Welcome to BYC. Where, in general, are you? Climate matters. Here are some useful articles on integration: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop-brooder-and-integration.74591/...