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Follow-up question: once the chicks are integrated, how do you keep them from eating the hen’s feed and sticking with their own until they’re at point of lay?

Thanks. I went ahead and changed the set up this afternoon. I’ve now created a separate space for the chicks in the run. Two chick size exits to get to the rest of the run, and two exists into/out of the dog crate just in case one of the hens breeches the first barrier. The chicks were there or...

This is all giving me more confidence now. As mentioned before, the chicks are currently in a separate tractor near the current coop. And I can move the fencing during the day to give them a protected place to free range in the vacinity of the current flock while still being separate and...

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks! That’s encouraging. I would love to integrate them sooner if possible. How do you typically introduce your chicks to the coop? Yes, I have a fully enclosed coop and run. See attached photo.

Okay, I’m entering another new chapter of chicken raising and would love a sanity check: is it always a bad idea to introduce chicks to hens before they’re the same size, or can they sometimes get along fine? I have four chicks that are six weeks old. They’ve been in a brooder in my garage...