Integrating 8 new pullets to 2 existing hens in a completely new coop

[aart]

The chicken tractor will end up being pretty big. We haven't built it yet but my husband says we'll have to use our tractor to actually move it.

Yes, it's going to be big, if you follow healthy spacing guidelines.
Thing is do you have lots of land that is flat enough for the tractor to sit tight and flat against the ground?

 

[kerriganchicks]

Yes, we're on a few acres with lots of flat grass.

 

[Atchurch]

We JUST went through this. I had two runs together, separated by a pop door and after a few days, tried to let the two 18 month old, new girls in with our 6 pullets and one cockrel that we raised from hatchlings (about 9 weeks old at that time, now they're 12 weeks). It wasn't fun. Separated them and waited another couple of weeks. They could "socialize" through the hardware cloth but not get to eachother. Let them out a few more times, together, but with us inside there with them. It was about two weeks altogether before they could coexist in the run and the big coop.