Integration question - two chicks, two adults

[Mrs. K]

Not for two weeks, mine integrate with the flock in a week. I just lock it the first few days. I put it in the coop. I have a walk in coop.

 

[Jenfire11]

Cool thread. I lost a hen to the neighbors dog the other day and was planning to add 2 pullets to the 4 hens I have left. I was going to keep the pullets in a wire dog crate in the run with their own food/water for a while. This thread makes me think my plan might work. Please chime in if I’m overlooking anything…..

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

I was able to pick up a small crate today from the Facebook free page (yay!) so this whole thing should be a bit easier now as I'll be able to lock up their crate inside the secure run for extra protection from critters for the first little while.

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

Not for two weeks, mine integrate with the flock in a week. I just lock it the first few days. I put it in the coop. I have a walk in coop.

ii don't have a big coop (not walk in) but enough space in the run to section off a bit for them

 

[SBChickenLady]

I’m currently integrating 3 new chicks about 5 weeks old with my 3 older girls who are about 3 years old. I have a temp run for the littles alongside the main coop and run so they can see but not touch for now. I’ve been taking them outside for several days now, and I do bring them inside just to sleep still for safety. I’m planning to do this a bit longer so they can all get used to each other before placing the newbies in the coop at night. I want them to have some free range time together first too beforehand. This is similar to what we did at night with our first set of girls just from a predator safety perspective, eventually they naturally started to roost in the coop and became so content and we transitioned to allow them to sleep like normal in the coop from that point on.

This is my first time integrating so I’m sure I have more to learn as I go. So far so good, everyone is curious, but all are happy.