How to introduce new pulletts

[Tillman chicks]

We bought 4 new pulletts yesterday how do we introduce the new chicks and when?

 

[black_cat]

How old are the pullets? How old are the chicks?

 

[azygous]

Just toss them into the run with the adults and let them sink or swim. Hah! Thought I was serious there for a second, I bet.

You don't specify how old these pullets are or how old you want them to be when you add them to the flock, but the procedure I recommend is the same at any age. Let them see and be seen by the flock as they grow, and then after the little ones have had a couple weeks to observe their older flock mates, let them mingle from a "panic room" where they have safety and the older chickens can't access their safe haven through the chick-size openings you've provided.

This describes my system of brooding and integration. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/

 

[Tillman chicks]

How old are the pullets? How old are the chicks?

2 weeks

 

[Tillman chicks]

Just toss them into the run with the adults and let them sink or swim. Hah! Thought I was serious there for a second, I bet.

You don't specify how old these pullets are or how old you want them to be when you add them to the flock, but the procedure I recommend is the same at any age. Let them see and be seen by the flock as they grow, and then after the little ones have had a couple weeks to observe their older flock mates, let them mingle from a "panic room" where they have safety and the older chickens can't access their safe haven through the chick-size openings you've provided.

This describes my system of brooding and integration. https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-start-raising-your-chicks-outdoors.71995/

2 weeks old. Thanks for the information.