Introducing new chicks?

[brogerschwiler]

I am getting 20 barred rock and Rhode Island reds next Wednesday as day olds and I already have 11 chicks that will be 2 weeks when I get the new ones. Right now they are in a big dog crate converted into a brooder and it can be split in half with a divider so when I get the news ones I will split up the crate and then after a few days will it be fine to put them all together without any problems?

 

[Domestic_goddess]

It should be fine, you'll find out real quick with that many chicks you'll need a bigger brooder. It's amazing how fast they grow. I would just watch the younger ones closer and make sure they aren't being trampled and are getting enough to eat and drink. I've done this before and it's worked out fine. I wouldn't put day olds with anything older then 2 weeks. Good luck, sounds like a fun little adventure!