combining 3 week olds and day olds

ShaggysGirl

Songster
10 Years
May 24, 2009
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Temperance, MI
Our oldest birds are 12 weeks old EEs , 5 are going to SIL for processing we are keeping two roos from them for now.
I have 26 chicks two weeks old in the brooder right now and 6 polish coming in the Tuesday or Wednesday.
I have a small coop 5 x 10 I'm planning on putting the two week olds in with a heat lamp and then putting the polish in the brooder. Now I'm thinking maybe I should try to put the polish in with the other chicks who will be about 3 weeks old by then. Or will it be better to keep them all separated till they are all older? Or maybe I could keep the 5 cochins in with the 6 polish since the cochins are so laid back then when the get bigger put them all together?
Eventually I want to have them all together and use the small coop for breeding certain ones.
Any ideas on the best way to do this ? ..lol it would of been so much easier if one hatchery would of had all the breeds at one time then there wouldn't be a three week age difference.
 
I would keep them separate until the little ones are 1week old...then you can try putting them together, but watch them for a good while. Polish aren't the brightest birds, so they may get picked on...you don't want the big ones pecking their head and giving them brain damage...hmmm
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Maybe just make a little rubbermaid tub brooder for the new peeps...
 

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