I followed the advice in this thread and put my 4 new babies out with the big girls and it's been FABULOUS! I started them out in a wire dog crate inside the coop, then propped open the crate door so they could go in and out, and then removed the crate when they seemed to be holding their own...
Thanks for that. I have integrated before, so the separate quarters is nothing new. Just the concept of doing it so early. I think I'll give it a shot - thanks for the advice!!
:bow Wow! What a great and timely article. I had been pondering this very thing a few days ago. I have babies that are just about 4 weeks, and I'm tired of having them in my kitchen :p So I had been thinking about experimenting with this. It's been in the 50's at night though. I was worried...