Baby chicks with older chickens

[Jesus loves me]

Hello! I have 6 laying Brahma hens they will be 1 years old in April, and I was thinking about possibly getting a couple more chicks this spring and maybe a different breed. They would also be used for egg layers and was wondering if it would be smart to get some more this spring or to hold off another year and wait till the Brahmas are a little older? Just because if the chicks would get picked on, I know they say that Brahmas are supposed to be good mothers but didn't know if I should chance it or not? I was hoping I would have gotten a rooster with the Brahma hens so I would have fertilized eggs, and they could possibly hatch their own chicks out but that didn't happen. Wondering what ya'lls thought were? Also, if I did get chicks what would be a good breed for egg production and docile temperament? Thank you!

 

[nuthatched]

How much room do you have in your coop? Do you have room to brood there?

 

[Yardmom]

If you get chicks you will be integrating them with grown hens. It will be the same now as it would be next year. Unless you have a broody raise them. There is no way to know when or if you will get a broody.

 

[Nonafel]

As long as you follow the ideas that you should:

Keep them seperate from the main flock until they have their feathers
Have them in close vision/proximity but no touching the week before you integrate them into the main flock
Move them all in together, ideally at night

Most will say you shouldn't have any issues.

 

[Jesus loves me]

How much room do you have in your coop? Do you have room to brood there?

I am getting a new coop, it is 6x8 that is attached to a 23 foot run

 

[Jesus loves me]

As long as you follow the ideas that you should:

Keep them seperate from the main flock until they have their feathers
Have them in close vision/proximity but no touching the week before you integrate them into the main flock
Move them all in together, ideally at night

Most will say you shouldn't have any issues.

Thank you!