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Now that all my chicks And hens seem to be living happily together is it OK for them all to eat the adult food? I’ve had multiple feeders with both chick starter and adult food available but the hens seem to eat much of the chick starter.

yes!

Thank you for the advice! I put the eight weeks old in the main coop last night at bedtime, and made sure they had places to hide an extra food and water. Got up early to watch how they all interacted. The eight weeks seem shy but they weren’t hiding all the time. Now, a few hours later they are...

Yes they seem to be and I’m watching them pretty close. I haven’t seen any bullying but the 10 week old seem to stay pretty close together which is probably natural. They are all also the same breed buff Orpington‘s. The eight week old are a mix of breeds with some significantly smaller.

Wow I feel horrible, I was wrong about everything. I assumed it was a hawk during the day because the coop and run looked totally undisturbed. I also was wrong about the coop being predator proof. I lost two more last night and found the remains of one of them along the perimeter of my property...

Thank you that sounds like a good idea, and I’ll keep my eye out for the missing one tonight.

It looks like I may have lost my very first chick to a predator today, most likely a hawk although I didn’t see it. I have 10 and eight week old chicks free ranging in my yard directly adjacent to where the adult hens free range. The chicks have their own coop and predator proof run that they go...