Introducing myself!:)

[Iovemypeeps]

Hello all!
I am a newbie to raising chickens and also to BYC! We just got our first chicks last Wednesday and are loving them so far!! We got 7 chicks: 3 buff orpingtons, 2 Barred Rocks, 1 Golden Laced Wyandotte, and 1 black australorp! Sadly one of the buff orps and one of the barred rocks didn't make it... But we ordered 5 more chicks to make up for them and in case a few more die! (Chicken math, ya know?) They are coming this Wednesday and are 1 buff Orpington, 2 barred rocks and 2 speckled sussex! We are going to put them in the same brooder as the ones we have now, that should be fine right? Because they are only one week apart..
I found backyard chickens when I was googling some questions about raising chicks and it has helped me a lot because I did LOTS of research before we got our chicks! I go here for pretty much all my questions now and decided to join because I wanted to post a few of my own questions!
Have a good night!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to Backyardchickens.com aka BYC!
We are so glad you joined our flock.
You won't know if it will be fine until your try it....jsut keep a close eye on them when you do try it.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

 

[drumstick diva]

The age difference (just a week apart) shouldn't be a problem if you believe both groups are healthy. Otherwise they can infect each other if they are all in the brooder together.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

 

[Iovemypeeps]

Thank you!!! I'm glad to be part of this community too! And thanks for your replies to my question! I will try them together and let you know how it goes!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC

 

[Iovemypeeps]

Thank you!!

 

[Iovemypeeps]

We are using a kiddie pool for our brooder right now, so we will probably put a small cardboard box inside the kiddie pool for the new chicks (so that they can use the same heat lamp) for a few days just until they get stronger again and then we will put them in the pool with the rest of the chicks