How can i intoruduce pullets

[FrahmChicks217]

I have 9 -8 week old pullets out in my coop and run. I have 3 more that are almost 6 weeks old, 17 that are almost 5 weeks old and then 9 more that are about a week old. How do I go about getting them all in the coop and run together? I've never had age gaps like this before. And I'm trying to figure out if i just take them out there and keep them in a enclosure during the day in the run where the bigger pullets can see the younger ones but not get to them. And I'm not sure how long I would need to do that for. All the information I can find is always about introducing chicks to adult hens, but that's not my situation as all mine are still young. If anyone can give me some info on how to go about this, that would be awesome. Thank you in advance!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I would start by trying to combine the older batches. Keep them penned next to each other by a fence for a few days to a week or two than try letting them mingle and see how it goes. I would wait on the week olds until they are a bit older.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

I would start by trying to combine the older batches. Keep them penned next to each other by a fence for a few days to a week or two than try letting them mingle and see how it goes. I would wait on the week olds until they are a bit older.

Oh ya. I wouldn't add in the week old chicks till they are mostly feathered. I just wasn't sure if I needed to do slow introduction like you would with chicks to established flocks. They were next to each other in separate brooders when they were inside my house but they haven't seen each other for a week now.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

We are finally getting warmer temps where I live and I feel more comfortable getting these ones out and used to the coop and run.

 

[ManOverBoard]

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We are finally getting warmer temps where I live and I feel more comfortable getting these ones out and used to the coop and run.

We've got one that's 6 weeks old that looks lol like yours!

 

[FrahmChicks217]

We've got one that's 6 weeks old that looks lol like yours!

This one I'm pretty sure is a cockeral. His name is owl and he is an easter egger. Pretty sure I have 4 or 5 easter eggers in my bunch as 3 already have the orangish red splotches on their wings. I'll have to rehome a couple cause I will only have 32 hens if all 5 are cockerals.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

This one I'm pretty sure is a cockeral. His name is owl and he is an easter egger. Pretty sure I have 4 or 5 easter eggers in my bunch as 3 already have the orangish red splotches on their wings. I'll have to rehome a couple cause I will only have 32 hens if all 5 are cockerals.

I mean cockerals in my easter egger bunch

 

[ManOverBoard]

I mean cockerals in my easter egger bunch

Yep same deal here
We also call him owl.

 

[FrahmChicks217]

Yep same deal here
We also call him owl.

Omg! That's too funny!!! I have another one that looks similar but lighter coloring we named Hoot

 

[PoppeCountryEggs]

It really depends on the breed of the more mature birds. I used to have Colombian Red X and they are just cannibals. One day one of the 8 week olds found a hole in the fence that I never noticed before and went over to the mature birds, it was just awful when I found what was left of it. Since that experience I never even tried to mix birds of different ages until the younger ones had fully matured. But then again, all of yours are still very young, hence, with good supervision, you will hopefully ok.