Introducing 3 day old chicks to 8 week old chicks

[drinkoj]

I was just going to recommend that article

Sounds like your plan will probably work well.

Search is an amazing thing when you decide to use it. And sometimes it raises more questions than answers. LOL

I still think I could pull off brooding them in that nesting box with the old heating pad thingies (Mama Hen ???) and at 3.5 weeks transition them to the puppy gates/crates within the coop. But I got other things to do this weekend for the chicks, like connecting and predator proofing the run.

 

[obicat]

I've got 3 week olds out with adults so it can work. Mine are placid hens and I have a panic roo type of thing set up, plenty of room for them and more than one feeder and drinker. I do it every time, although I normally wait till 4 or 5 weeks but the weather in the UK is very, very hot at the minute so I've let them out earlier than usual.