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I would build a separate temporary coop and fence off a part of the run for the chicks, so they could see each other outside. I would keep them in their temp coop for a while, a week or so, before letting them into their own run. Take it a step at a time and you are less likely to have problems mixing them.
Maybe you could throw something together from pallets and a tarp, or a shipping crate, or the like.
If your coop is that small, will they have 4 sq ft per bird when you mix the flocks? IMO that is minimum....
I would build a separate temporary coop and fence off a part of the run for the chicks, so they could see each other outside. I would keep them in their temp coop for a while, a week or so, before letting them into their own run. Take it a step at a time and you are less likely to have problems mixing them.
Maybe you could throw something together from pallets and a tarp, or a shipping crate, or the like.
If your coop is that small, will they have 4 sq ft per bird when you mix the flocks? IMO that is minimum....