good idea, also the one time one of the Silkies got out of the brooder and ran towards the big girls the girls panicked and ran away. I do have a of pallets to work with that I could utilize. The good thing is the 2 meanest ones (the rooster and one of the hens) is going buy buy soon. would you...
I have a german shepherd sized crate in the run(for the silkie chicks) my coop is 4x8 and my run is 16x8. I have a little brooder in the coop mounted on part of the perch, (its inside to protect the little silkies) I want to get rid of my current roo, and am trading one ee hen for an adult...
So I have 6 chickens right now, 5 hens and one rooster (or nearly they are 11 months old)
I also am trading one hen for a silkie hen 1.5 years old, (going to quarantine first)
I also have 3 Silkies (one pullet and 2 cockerels 10 weeks old)
and on top of that I have a mix of 10 chicks in the...