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So update, today I let the older hens to free range in the yard and placed the chick inside the coop with the pop door open so she could walk into the run if she wanted. She stayed inside the coop the whole time.

It’s not too small for the number of birds i have.

We are building a new coop and run. And we aren’t sure if we’re keeping the new three babies anyway. 12x5=60 sq ft which is big enough for 4 birds considering the minimum is 10 sq ft per bird.

I have three hens about 7 months old. My coop itself is 4x5 and the run is 12x5.

I want to try to integrate them as soon as i can and get them comfortable because we just got three more chicks that will need to be moved into the coop too but not for a couple more weeks.

I could do that! We also have a extra pallet i was thinking about cutting to make a hide away for her in the run just in case she needed to get away

I tried this once about two weeks ago, kinda just letting them intermingle when i was out there and they older hens only pecked at the younger ones. (I had two 6 week old chicks now i only have one) because i went inside of the garage and i heard a loud squawk so i ran out and of the chicks was...

About 4 weeks now

I’m new to integrating chicks and i’m not quite sure how to do it. I currently have a 7 week old buff orpington. She is in the coop in a “see no touch” but i’m afraid soon she will be too big for this set up. Does anyone have any ideas on how i can integrate her with the bigger hens?