Adding 6 chicks to 1 chick in brooder

[KylePaw]

Hello! This is my first post.

I am seeking advice in regards to adding chicks to one lonely chick. It was my first time incubation and so far I got have had only one chicken hatch who is in my brooder all alone right now. Since I have a staggered hatch, I’m hoping I will have a couple more hatching today or tomorrow. Just in case I’m not successful, Im considering going to my local feeds store to buy six chicks to add to the one chick.

Does anybody have any experience doing this? I don’t want my one chick to be lonely unless I have to but I also don’t want to introduce any diseases.

Thanks!

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I wouldn’t feel comfortable with adding 6 at one time I would go to the store and find 2 or 3 chicks that look like 5ge same age and introduce them. Then wait a few days and get a few more chicks just so they don’t gang up on the one little chick. And if you could I would get the chicks from different buns so they are all meeting for the first time