Adding new chicks

[DaveK88]

We got our new chicks 4 days ago and we really love them. Unfortunatly we lost 2 in the first 2 days and are now down to 4. we are going to get another 6 this week ( the minimum we can buy in CT.) My question is can I put the new chicks in the same brooder with the original 4 or should they be seperate? The difference in age should should only be about a week or so.

 

[Chickenpoor]

It should be fine to put them together. I bought some EE's one week and got more the next week and put them all together. They settled in fine and the first ones didnt pay any attention to the new ones.

 

[OkChickens]

It should be fine to mix the chicks with in 2 weeks of age give or take. I have 6 3 week old ameraucana's with 20 4-5 week old Rhode Island Reds and they are getting along fine!!!

Nate

 

[hennyannie]

Welcome, and I usually buy chicks every week in spring for about three weeks before I get everything I am looking for, I put the new ones in with the others and every thing went well.

 

[BWKatz]

They should be fine . It's only when they get older and have developed a pecking order that u run into problems

 

[DixieChickie]

They'll be fine, I purposefully picked out 2 chicks from a breeder, yesterday, that were about the same size the ones I had at home. They all are doing great, however my previous 6 chicks were scared of the feathers on the new frizzle. They settled down before bed time and were all sleeping near each other.