* I thought there was a hard-and-fast rule about having a 30 day quarantine! I thought I would have been scolded for trying to combine the groups after only less than 3 weeks.
You never know what you might be scolded about on here. I put rocks in my waterers when I have small chicks so they won't drown when they jump in. I was told I did not love my chicks enough if I was so cheap that I used free rocks instead of buying pretty marbles for that. Yes, that really happened.
Some people have rules that are so strict and stiff that if they burped they'd get a hernia, they are that stiff. I can think of a few politicians like that. I could write several paragraphs on quarantine, how to do it and when it is more important. I'm not going to do that right now. It's too late anyway so why try to make someone feel bad. On a few topics I'll go into a better way to do something next time when I think there will be a next time and they currently have a problem. I try to not do that in a demeaning way.
The one I'm a little surprised about is that you haven't gotten the ones about square feet per bird in the coop. I've read that you have to have anywhere from 1 square feet per bird to 15 square feet per bird in the coop. Some mention the run, many don't. 3 or 4 square feet per bird in the coop seem most popular. I still think you may have issues integrating in that coop if you lock them in there. The more room you can give them when integrating the better. But for your normal operations you said the pop door is open so they can come and go as they please. That means coop size is less important. If trouble is brewing in the coop they run outside where they have lots of room.
I wish you luck. Sometimes these things go so smoothly you wonder what all the worry was about. Unfortunately sometimes you understand.
You never know what you might be scolded about on here. I put rocks in my waterers when I have small chicks so they won't drown when they jump in. I was told I did not love my chicks enough if I was so cheap that I used free rocks instead of buying pretty marbles for that. Yes, that really happened.
Some people have rules that are so strict and stiff that if they burped they'd get a hernia, they are that stiff. I can think of a few politicians like that. I could write several paragraphs on quarantine, how to do it and when it is more important. I'm not going to do that right now. It's too late anyway so why try to make someone feel bad. On a few topics I'll go into a better way to do something next time when I think there will be a next time and they currently have a problem. I try to not do that in a demeaning way.
The one I'm a little surprised about is that you haven't gotten the ones about square feet per bird in the coop. I've read that you have to have anywhere from 1 square feet per bird to 15 square feet per bird in the coop. Some mention the run, many don't. 3 or 4 square feet per bird in the coop seem most popular. I still think you may have issues integrating in that coop if you lock them in there. The more room you can give them when integrating the better. But for your normal operations you said the pop door is open so they can come and go as they please. That means coop size is less important. If trouble is brewing in the coop they run outside where they have lots of room.
I wish you luck. Sometimes these things go so smoothly you wonder what all the worry was about. Unfortunately sometimes you understand.
