Integrating chicks to existing young flock

[Browniethechicken]

My baby chicks are two weeks old and have been introduced to my existing flock of 2 Pullets (15 weeks old) with a wire fencing between them. When should I begin to introduce them without the fence?

 

[3KillerBs]

My baby chicks are two weeks old and have been introduced to my existing flock of 2 Pullets (15 weeks old) with a wire fencing between them. When should I begin to introduce them without the fence?

I usually use a week of see-don't-touch.

It's going to be tricky to make chick-sized doors that skinny, teenage, 15-week pullets can't slip through, so be sure to give the babies plenty of hiding places in the coop and make sure there's nowhere they can be trapped with no way out.

 

[Browniethechicken]

I usually use a week of see-don't-touch.

It's going to be tricky to make chick-sized doors that skinny, teenage, 15-week pullets can't slip through, so be sure to give the babies plenty of hiding places in the coop and make sure there's nowhere they can be trapped with no way out.

Thank you! At what age should the baby chicks be without a barrier? They’re so little now? 5 weeks okay?

 

[3KillerBs]

Thank you! At what age should the baby chicks be without a barrier? They’re so little now? 5 weeks okay?

Here are a couple articles for you:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop-brooder-and-integration.74591/

Because I don't have electric in my coop I can't start the integration until 4 weeks most of the time.

 

[Browniethechicken]

Here are a couple articles for you:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop-brooder-and-integration.74591/

Because I don't have electric in my coop I can't start the integration until 4 weeks most of the time.

And does that go well at four weeks? I also don’t have electric.

 

[3KillerBs]

Following advice from those articles and various experienced members here I have had great success over the past 2 years with multiple batches of chicks.

 

[Browniethechicken]

Following advice from those articles and various experienced members here I have had great success over the past 2 years with multiple batches of chicks.

Good! I will read those. Thank you!

 

[aart]

My baby chicks are two weeks old and have been introduced to my existing flock of 2 Pullets (15 weeks old) with a wire fencing between them.

Are they out there 24/7 or just daytime visits?

And does that go well at four weeks? I also don’t have electric.

Why do you need electric...are they still on heat?

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