KyCoop
Songster
My 7 chicks are growing fast and I'm starting my plan for their integration into my now small flock of 5 ladies.
I got the babies the same day but I believe they range in age from 3-6 wks old. The bigger babies are starting to get bored with the whole brooder thing.
The question is this. We added on to the coop last year when we had 9 ladies. So now we have an old part and a new part. It's now 6 x 12 ft. The OG ladies quickly made the new part their favored roosting spot. The old part has the nesting boxes and the pop door. As far as moving the babies out there my husband wants to put up a temp wall and put the babies in the new part and have the ladies roost back in the old part for a couple of weeks. I don't want to mess up their nightly routine. Roost wars are real yall. I also don't want the ladies to hate the babies right off the bat because they are in their space.
Putting the babies in the old part will involve moving the pop door and ramp more toward the middle so I can wall the old part off. My husband is not real interested in that little project.
What would you guys do?
I got the babies the same day but I believe they range in age from 3-6 wks old. The bigger babies are starting to get bored with the whole brooder thing.
The question is this. We added on to the coop last year when we had 9 ladies. So now we have an old part and a new part. It's now 6 x 12 ft. The OG ladies quickly made the new part their favored roosting spot. The old part has the nesting boxes and the pop door. As far as moving the babies out there my husband wants to put up a temp wall and put the babies in the new part and have the ladies roost back in the old part for a couple of weeks. I don't want to mess up their nightly routine. Roost wars are real yall. I also don't want the ladies to hate the babies right off the bat because they are in their space.
Putting the babies in the old part will involve moving the pop door and ramp more toward the middle so I can wall the old part off. My husband is not real interested in that little project.
What would you guys do?