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I hope that some of the info I shared is helpful in some way. It was a process, but it is possible. So many times I hear horror stories about how difficult it is to integrate. I think it all depends on the chicken personalities, their ages, your set-up, and time. Good luck integrating the new...

Hope it is helpful. Good luck with integrating your newbies!

Final Update?!?!: Well, good news! I have fully integrated the teenage chicks with the hens. They are now also sleeping in the same coop at night with no issues. I started having them sleep together two days ago, which was Day 19 of Phase 2. That puts this whole process at a total of 28 days or...

Update: Okay, friends. So we are at day 13 of Phase 2, which means I've been doing the whole "trying to introduce teenage chicks to older hen flock in a way that works" thing for nearly 3 weeks now. It honestly feels like it's been 2 months! However, I think it is working. I think they are...

Hello Friends. So I am on Day 4 of Phase 2 and today was the best day yet! There was much less chasing happening as I was observing and the chasing that is occurring seems halfhearted. The hens seem to be caring a bit less about the newbies. I'm still locking the young ones up in their own coop...

Hello Friends! So, I am in the process of integrating my four teenage-ish chicks into a flock of 3 adult hens. We started the integration process 10 days ago and I thought I'd share what I did since many folks are posting about integrating chickens. For reference: My coop is 4x6. My run is...