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Mar 10, 2019
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Greetings,
I have been visiting BYC for over five years but just joined today. I have 12, 6 week old chicks in the brooder right now and three older girls in the big coop from a previous flock. I joined today because I was looking for advice as to when and how to put them together. I have a smaller mobile coop that I could put the three older girls in and wait till the new chicks are the same size. Is this a good idea?
 
:welcome

If you can fix things up so the older girls can see the younger ones (without being able to touch them), they could all get used to each other. That will make eventually integrating them together go better.

What breeds are you raising? Thanks for joining us!
 
N F C said:
:welcome

If you can fix things up so the older girls can see the younger ones (without being able to touch them), they could all get used to each other. That will make eventually integrating them together go better.

What breeds are you raising? Thanks for joining us!
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Good idea! I can partition the coop with some chicken wire. I have golden laced wyandottes, wellsummers, easter eggers and rhode island reds. This is my third flock. Thanks for the excellent idea.
 
Run-a-muck said:
Good idea! I can partition the coop with some chicken wire. I have golden laced wyandottes, wellsummers, easter eggers and rhode island reds. This is my third flock. Thanks for the excellent idea.
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Glad to hear you can fix things up like that! I can't take any credit for the idea of "see but don't touch"...that's something I learned here on BYC several years ago when I was in your same situation. :D
 
Hi and welcome to BYC! Glad you decided to join our happy feathered flock. This is a great place to learn and share. I hope you have as much fun here as we do.
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