Hi everyone!
We are brand new to chickens, with 6 2-wk old chicks. They are currently in the brooder and we plan to move them outside once the coop is done & the weather is consistently warm (probably a couple of weeks).
Well right around that same time, we are supposed to get some more chicks from a family friend that are in her incubator, so they'll be about a month or so apart. I'd never considered that it would be a problem merging 2 "flocks", so we accepted her offer. Now I'm reading that it could be a problem. We don't have room for 2 coops and runs in our yard. What can we do about it? I really want the extra chicks just so we can grow our flock and get more eggs for friends/family! Since they will be so close in age and still so young, is it likely there will be a problem? Or is that more for a grown flock accepting a baby flock?
Any help or advice is appreciated!
We are brand new to chickens, with 6 2-wk old chicks. They are currently in the brooder and we plan to move them outside once the coop is done & the weather is consistently warm (probably a couple of weeks).
Well right around that same time, we are supposed to get some more chicks from a family friend that are in her incubator, so they'll be about a month or so apart. I'd never considered that it would be a problem merging 2 "flocks", so we accepted her offer. Now I'm reading that it could be a problem. We don't have room for 2 coops and runs in our yard. What can we do about it? I really want the extra chicks just so we can grow our flock and get more eggs for friends/family! Since they will be so close in age and still so young, is it likely there will be a problem? Or is that more for a grown flock accepting a baby flock?
Any help or advice is appreciated!