Hello, I am loooking for a little integration advice. I have 3 hens that are 11 weeks old and 4 chicks that are 4 weeks old. They have been in the run togehter with a divider in the middle (they could see each other) for about a week. Tonight I slipped the babies into the coop with the bigger girls for the night. Am I crazy? Will I wake up in the morning to a bloody mess? I have read that it is best to wait until they are all the same size, but would really love to de-segregate my chicken population and get on with our lives. Should I run out and grab the babies back out to save them, or do you think they will be fine?
Please help calm this nervous chicken mama...I am scared that I just threw my babies to the wolves.
Please help calm this nervous chicken mama...I am scared that I just threw my babies to the wolves.