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Oh, just another observation. Not really close to a home situation, but I’ve seen plenty times chicks from day olds to ones I know are at least two weeks get mixed together at Tractor Supply (Farm supply store that sells chicks). Of course they are high volume, high stress, high turnover...

I don’t really know what the window of socialization is for a chick/chicken. You know, like a critical period. In nature and in most artificial settings, there is always another chicken around, whether it is another same age-ish chick or momma chicken. And they grow so fast. I would think it’s...

It was super cute when I added in 3 ordered day olds and four impulse buys, all probably 3-4 days old, in with the other chicks which were at least 2 weeks old! Some just hung out under the heat plate but others were immediately mixing with the ‘big kids’ scratching in the shavings. Had a few...

In regards to getting a chick a week apart in age ... don’t take my word for it, but I would think it’s okay if you get one. My thoughts are they are too young to get the pecking order behaviors yet. I have chicks 3-4 weeks apart and in an overcrowded space - all thanks to me impulse-buying...