Every flock is different my chickens you can just drop a new bird in there and they accept them right into the flock. Now other flocks may want to dismember them. It all depends on your chickens.
All my chicks are in a brooding cage inside our MASSIVE chicken house. They're in sight and smell of all our chickens.
After the chicks have some of their feathers we put them in the outside portion of our chicken pen while the older birds are out free ranging. We set up a heat light area for...