Hi from SW TX!

[Arztwolf]

How do you introduce them to each other? When they're old enough that is.

 

[TwoCrows]

If you are adding young birds to an older flock, you can mix the younger birds in when they are at least 3 months, maybe 4 months, depending on the size of them. You want the younger birds to be large enough and strong enough to escape and defend themselves if need be.

So when the young chicks are 5 weeks old, get them out into the run in their own enclosure and give them their own cage with roost bar in the coop. Keep them separated but with in the flock until they are 12 to 16 weeks of age. Then you can mix them in the older flock. Make SURE to put out more water and feed stations so they do not have to compete for food or water. It takes about a month or more for the young ones to really get mixed into the flock and be excepted by the older birds. So give them plenty of room so the younger ones can run and escape. Make sure your roost bar is long enough for all of them to find a spot. The young ones will need an end by themselves for a while.

Here is a nice article from our learning center on mixing new adult birds into an adult flock...https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

 

[Mountain Peeps]

If you are adding young birds to an older flock, you can mix the younger birds in when they are at least 3 months, maybe 4 months, depending on the size of them. You want the younger birds to be large enough and strong enough to escape and defend themselves if need be.

So when the young chicks are 5 weeks old, get them out into the run in their own enclosure and give them their own cage with roost bar in the coop. Keep them separated but with in the flock until they are 12 to 16 weeks of age. Then you can mix them in the older flock. Make SURE to put out more water and feed stations so they do not have to compete for food or water. It takes about a month or more for the young ones to really get mixed into the flock and be excepted by the older birds. So give them plenty of room so the younger ones can run and escape. Make sure your roost bar is long enough for all of them to find a spot. The young ones will need an end by themselves for a while.

Here is a nice article from our learning center on mixing new adult birds into an adult flock...https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

100% x2!

 

[Michael OShay]

How do you introduce them to each other? When they're old enough that is.

X2 on TwoCrows' post. That's exactly how to do it.

 

[Arztwolf]

If you are adding young birds to an older flock, you can mix the younger birds in when they are at least 3 months, maybe 4 months, depending on the size of them. You want the younger birds to be large enough and strong enough to escape and defend themselves if need be.

So when the young chicks are 5 weeks old, get them out into the run in their own enclosure and give them their own cage with roost bar in the coop. Keep them separated but with in the flock until they are 12 to 16 weeks of age. Then you can mix them in the older flock. Make SURE to put out more water and feed stations so they do not have to compete for food or water. It takes about a month or more for the young ones to really get mixed into the flock and be excepted by the older birds. So give them plenty of room so the younger ones can run and escape. Make sure your roost bar is long enough for all of them to find a spot. The young ones will need an end by themselves for a while.

Here is a nice article from our learning center on mixing new adult birds into an adult flock...https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

Thank you very much!

 

[gander007]

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

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