Introducing a chick into older chickens

[CKfarm22]

It takes time, there's no telling how long exactly....
...and lots of space and places to 'hide' can really help with stress and injuries.

I wasn’t planning on throwing little baby chicks in with big hens. There’s a place by my house that sells chicks, and the ones i was looking at were around 8-12 weeks. Even at that age i was going to wait a little bit and then put them in with the big ones. Just so i know the littles had enough strength to get away if need be. In previous comments, i said i was only planning on adding one more so its not like i’m adding 8 new baby chicks into my big hens lol.

 

[aart]

i said i was only planning on adding one more so its not like i’m adding 8 new baby chicks into my big hens lol.

Actually adding 8 baby chicks might be easier than a single 8-12 week old.

Here's how I, and 2 other members, add chicks:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/


Here's a good article about adding a single bird:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock.71997/

 

[CKfarm22]

Actually adding 8 baby chicks might be easier than a single 8-12 week old.

Here's how I, and 2 other members, add chicks:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/


Here's a good article about adding a single bird:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock.71997/

I have an idea for a “cage” type idea that might work for the size of my coop, i’m hoping it will work