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Well they are all successfully integrated!! Walking around together and even sharing treats! The older two are sort of bossy but never fought the little ones! Putting them in the coop at night and setting up two feed/water ares helped the most I think. I'm VERY happy! :)

Tonight's the night! Moving the almost fully feathered 2 pullets to the big coop! I'm soo nervous. Plan on doing this at about 10:00 pm. Praying they don't get hurt!! They are just going crazy in the brooder. They HAVE to go in tonight!

My DH and I have decided next weekend is moving to the big coop day. The chicks will be 4 weeks old and mostly feathered. My other two pullets will be 9 weeks old and are allready like mini chickens. The brooder is just too small for the chicks now. I'm really nervous. I'm praying they don't...

Have you ever delt with this- I turned off the brooder light last night to get the chicks used to it - they chirped LOUD like it was the world comming to an end! I actually had to turn it back on and they stopped! I tried it again during the day and same thing! Are they addicted to the light?! :/

I know- our weather is perfect but I have no room for another coop- residential backyard-so I'm waiting as long as possible and then just praying for the best! DH is ready to put them out now- I want to try to wait two more weeks.

The chicks are feathering out now and getting too big for the brooder! I'm thinking of turning the brooder light off at night to prepare them. It's around 75 degrees inside. It's really hot outside here noe- 90 days and 75/78 nights. I'm really nervous and keeping them in the brooder for one...

Thank you! The chicks are feathering out pretty fast. I'm thinking 2-3 more weeks then I'll integrate them, at night. I've read on here that if you add them to the nesting box at night the older ones accept them better- we will see! I'm really nervous about this. I don't want to loose a chick...

We really don't have room for that. I think adding nesting space is about all we can do, and hope for the best!

Hubbys Adding extra nest boxes :)

Im thinking of adding an extra nest box to the coop and adding the chicks when fully feathered. This would give them enough nesting room and I would add them at night. Is this a good idea? Anyone?

No rooster- just the four girls! It's pretty warm here and I just don't know if I should keep the babies in the brooder inside for a few more weeks because it seems too soon to put them in the coop. But by then it may be harder to integrate. All though now the babies can't even begin to defend...

I have 2 - 7 week old pullets and they are full time out in the coop. We decided to add 2 more so we now have 2- 2 week old chicks in the brooder. When would be a good time to integrate them? I was thinking of waiting til the 2 week olds were about 6 weeks old then putting them n at night like...