hi everyone,
today is my first time on this forum,i hope you can help me find out what to do for the best...
we have 1 rooster and 4 chickens of our own,but now we have been given birds,the first one is an 11mnth young rooster sussex,he has been with us a month now,and has his own coop
2 days ago we got a male and a female chick,also sussex,they were bought at easter and have now been with us for 2 days,they allready have some feathers and today i have put them in a bigger area so they can be out in the sun,they are very timid,i think they have never been out of this hutch
now i would like to put these 3 birds together,but what is the best way to go about that and when is a good time to do so?
is it a good idea to have them closer to the rooster Jochie already,seperated by the coops but so that they can see eachother?
please help me,this is my first stint as a chickenmum,the others were already 6 months old when they arrived (now nearly 4 yrs old)and that was very easy,and their rooster arrived 3 months ago and it took one night inside their coop seperated by some wire and they are absolutly fine..... but with these little chicks it all seems to be a bit more involved and i dont want to stress them unneccesarily
i hope someone can help us move to our new home
thank you for reading,hope someone can help me??
kind regards,laudreriechickens,Carole
this is Jochie,
today is my first time on this forum,i hope you can help me find out what to do for the best...
we have 1 rooster and 4 chickens of our own,but now we have been given birds,the first one is an 11mnth young rooster sussex,he has been with us a month now,and has his own coop
2 days ago we got a male and a female chick,also sussex,they were bought at easter and have now been with us for 2 days,they allready have some feathers and today i have put them in a bigger area so they can be out in the sun,they are very timid,i think they have never been out of this hutch
now i would like to put these 3 birds together,but what is the best way to go about that and when is a good time to do so?
is it a good idea to have them closer to the rooster Jochie already,seperated by the coops but so that they can see eachother?
please help me,this is my first stint as a chickenmum,the others were already 6 months old when they arrived (now nearly 4 yrs old)and that was very easy,and their rooster arrived 3 months ago and it took one night inside their coop seperated by some wire and they are absolutly fine..... but with these little chicks it all seems to be a bit more involved and i dont want to stress them unneccesarily
i hope someone can help us move to our new home
thank you for reading,hope someone can help me??
kind regards,laudreriechickens,Carole
this is Jochie,