I just did the same thing with my eight 4-week-old chicks, it was very easy. My 4 adult hens are pretty easy going (New Hampshires and a Buckeye) and while I have a 16x25 run, I leave the door open and they spend most of their time in my front yard while the chicks prefer to stay in the run. I think they aren’t very defensive of their run because they have so much space to roam, and I often feed them outside the run.
I do have a cage in the coop that the adult chickens can’t get into and the chicks put themselves to sleep in (and huddle because it’s pretty cold at night). I will take it out sometime after they are 6 weeks old and supervise closely as they adjust to roosting with the big hens.
I do have a cage in the coop that the adult chickens can’t get into and the chicks put themselves to sleep in (and huddle because it’s pretty cold at night). I will take it out sometime after they are 6 weeks old and supervise closely as they adjust to roosting with the big hens.
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