different age chicks

  1. Browniethechicken

    Feed for diverse aged flock?! 6 weeks and 18 week ready for layer feed?!

    How do I manage a flock of six week old chicks and 18 week old hens that are ready to go on layer feed. They will all be in the same coop and Run. How do I manage their diverse diet? I understand that the chicks need the chick starter until 18 weeks but I have a couple of hens that are ready to...
  2. D

    One lonely baby incubator chick and a broody with a hatch due in next 2 days

    I had an incubator hatch going and only one of five hatched. The last one, is viable, but appears days behind the lonely chick i have now, a day old. Concurrently i have a silkie, one time mother to one, but broody all the time and losing her eggs always. So she's currently on two wood eggs...
  3. H

    3 different aged chicks/chicks what should we do?

    Hi, We have one big rooster and its two hens. We incubated eggs and now have 6 chicks which are two months old. And then bought 11 more chicks (3 legbars and 8 polis- that are now a month old-so different breeds) we keep them all free ranging in the garden. The babies are normally in a run...
  4. H

    Bringing in new chick to flock

    Tomorrow I am getting a one week old Silkie chick. I have a flock of three chicks right now already, one 3 weeks old and two are 4 weeks old. The 4 week olds are Red Sex Links, and the 3 week old is a Black Leather Giant. I am looking for advice on the best way to bring in the new baby to the...
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