Thank you!! I appreciate that!! Yeah, I had read several things on here about it, and it just seems to make the most sense to me. Some people have said that they have their chicks fully integrated by like 4 to 6 weeks old. And supposedly they accept babies better than older, closer to full size birds. Which makes sense to me. Plus I like for them to learn how life works and social skills and stuff from watching the bigs that they really can’t learn from being in a closed off brooder. But I mostly just figured it would make integration easier. And I also read that they still have a lot of the duck and cover instincts and stuff until like 4 weeks old which is partly why I want to move them outside before then so they can get used to shadows and the noises and stuff so they can learn when to hide. They can hear inside the coop because it’s pretty open but I want them to be able to see too. This is one of the articles I had read and I really liked the portal idea so I think I am going to integrate it when they are old enough.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/
And OMG those babies are SO CUTE!!! I can see why you got them!! I almost bought a bunch of babies at the feed store yesterday because they were all 75% off but then I remembered I really do not have room for more than the ones I am adding especially with their 6 chick minimum. Plus Kiki talked me down LOL
