Crazy Fun Chicken Lady
Songster
- Aug 21, 2020
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3-4 would be fine but you will still need to integrate them slowly. Its best if they can spend a few weeks looking at each other but not able to touch. Your current flock will turn into velociraptors and attack the newbies if they are allowed to mix too early. I have my runs setup so different flocks have a fence in between them. Once they spend a few weeks that way I let them out to free range together while I supervise. If I see any velociraptors I separate them again. In my opinion, integration of new flock members is one of the hardest parts of keeping chickens. But I have chicken math illness so I get new babies every year. I only get my chicks from www.mypetchicken.com.Is 3-4 too little to add at a time to a flock of 8?