I just ordered some Sumatra chicks but I already have two Ameraucana hens and I was wondering how I should go about introducing them. My hens have never been around baby chicks before and I don't want them to kill my new babies. They all have to live in my chicken house(20' X 20' with 12' ceilings) until I can get rid of the hawk that nests over the chicken house. When the chicks get older how should I introduce them? I have a rabbit cage that I could move the chicks in, when they get old enough to get out of the brooder, until the hens get used to the new arrivals being around or should I just put them together and let them figure out a pecking order? I have raised chickens all my life but I have never introduced new chickens into my flock, all the babies where born and raised with the rest of the chickens until now.
Thanks,
Whitney
Thanks,
Whitney