From somewhere near Kearney, MO. MrClean417

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Welcome to BYC :frow:welcome
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If you have space, it would be much easier and way faster to integrate the new chicks right inside your current coop with just a simple divider. Lots of us folks here have brooded this way and all your birds can become one flock in a matter of weeks vs. waiting and housing separately for 4-6 months. It's less stressful for the older birds because they typically only see chicks as a nuisance to be tolerated, whereas adolescent or full size birds coming in are intruders that are a threat to their resources. Pecking order will always happens but it's usually much less severe when started very early:

You Certainly Can Brood Chicks Outdoors

Integrating at 4 weeks old

Best wishes with your incubation!
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Hi and welcome to BYC :frow We're so happy you've decided to join us :ya

We have a contest going on right now just for new folks like you. In order to enter you'll need to copy the link from your first post in this thread and post it in the contest thread.

To copy your link address, right click on the link to your thread and click copy or copy link
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then click on the following URL
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...t-new-byc-members-win-a-byc-calendar.1287752/
Go down to where it says "write your reply..." tell us this is your entry and then click on the link button
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Paste your URL into the box and click "insert", then click "Post Reply".
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That's all there is to it. Once you've finished this, you're eligible to win a nice BYC
 

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