That's funny, our first set of chicks (now 4 mo old) are much better foragers than our 2nd set (2-3 mo old). Our older girls come running when they see me put something in and the younger ones look at me like I'm crazy. It's been a few weeks and the younger ones are finally getting the idea by watching the bigger ones get excited. When they first went outside they loved worms but now they turn their beaks up at them. Chickens are strange! But so much fun!
And yes, integrating the flocks is never fun. I've heard they never fully integrate, just tolerate. At the end of everything we'll have 3 flocks with 3 chickens in each (that is if our silky is indeed a roo like I suspect, otherwise we'll have one flock of 4 in there).
We get our 6 replacement chicks in 1 week. Can't wait to see what we get (we ordered assorted so we wouldn't have to wait until Sept to get exact replacements)!
And yes, integrating the flocks is never fun. I've heard they never fully integrate, just tolerate. At the end of everything we'll have 3 flocks with 3 chickens in each (that is if our silky is indeed a roo like I suspect, otherwise we'll have one flock of 4 in there).
We get our 6 replacement chicks in 1 week. Can't wait to see what we get (we ordered assorted so we wouldn't have to wait until Sept to get exact replacements)!