mixing ages

  1. M

    Mixing Ages

    I need some guidance. I know it's standard advice to only mix chicks of a 2 week age gap.....that said I have one large sized brooder, in it are 17 - 2 and 4 week old chicks. I now have 12 hatchlings and I'd love if I could mix them and not divide up the space. I've raised up to 57 chicks at a...
  2. Holdthechicken

    What are the risks for combining my chicks?

    I have two 3+ week old chicks together, a buff silke and D’uccle. Today I picked up a blue Orpington and blue silkie, the Orpington still has her egg tooth, so they are very new babies but very lively. When I brought the two blues home today I let the four socialize and the two bigger babies...
  3. TheBirdBabe

    War or peace between new chickens...?

    I have 15-18 chickens in a coop. Eight are mature hens, three are mature roosters & the other seven are chicks (sex tbd). These are all bantam sized chickens. We are looking in to building an actual poultry barn soon that would be able to house LOADS of all sorts of birds! I would love to throw...
    • TheBirdBabe
    • Thread
    • chickens ducks geese mixing ages mixing breeds mixing chickens and ducks mixing flocks mixing species poultry together
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  4. B

    Please help!

    Hi all, I’m new to keeping chickens I hve 3 speckled Sussex and 3 silkies. Last week I adopted a 3 year old Rhode Island Red introduced her slowly spending limited time with my other 6 chickens. How ever on checking on my chickens tonight I’ve noticed this on my silkies neck! 😢. The Rhode...
  5. S

    Droopy jersey giant chick! Help!

    Hi everyone! So I currently have 8 week old chicks that I’ve been trying to mix in with my adult hens. I’ve been giving them “play dates” to try to get them to get used to each other. This morning however I noticed that one of my jersey giant chicks was looking droopy and just wanted to lay...
  6. G

    Help with flooding and sudden flock mixing!

    Hi all, first post. I am chicken-sitting for a friend who is away (and out of contact) for another week. I’ve managed to get through one thunderstorm and two of the hottest days of the year, but tonight/tomorrow/Tuesday are supposed to continue raining. I have two sets of chickens. 6 laying...
    • Georedhead
    • Thread
    • flooded run flooding help asap introduce new rooster introducing chickens introducing chicks mixing ages pullets and hens rain
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  7. abbya12

    Introducing Older Quail to Younger Quail

    Hi everyone! I’m currently incubating coturnix quail eggs that are meant to hatch in about a week. However, I’ve been candeling them and only about 3 look like they’re going to hatch. I was really hoping to have about 6 quail, so I started looking online for chicks for sale. I found a local...
  8. misssassyandthechicks

    CHICKEN MATH

    So. I have 4 two week old chicks currently. And hubby has agreed to let me get two more this week. So they will be brand new. I am brand new to this chicken thing (I love it, obviously!) But can I put the new babies in with the older chicks in the same brooder? Or do i need to move the older...
  9. goreybabe

    Trying to manage randy younger roos

    Hi all, This spring we added to our flock, integrating newbies quite nicely. We planned to add a second roo and a bunch of girls. However, as the pullets grew, it became apparent that several of our "pullets" were actually cockerels. Last year started with 9 hens, 1 roo; This year added 8 hens...
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