Mixing chicks??

[emmabrown906]

I have 3 8week old barnvelders pretty sure 1 is a cockerel and I have 3 4 week old buff Orpington’s 1 also a cockerel and I have a 4 week old silkie. The barnvelders are in a run and hutch alone away from my adult ones down my allotment and the other 4 are at home not using heat. Can I mix all the chicks together? I’m unsure about the silkie with it been sooo small

 

[MrFluffyandGirls]

If you have enough space you can but I would put them together with a divider for couple of weeks so they can check each other out and get acquainted first. When you do remove the divider make sure you have enough obstacles and a few perches in the the area where they can get away from each other for protection when assorting their pecking order. Also two feeding and watering stations so the smaller ones don't have to compete so hard to eat.

 

[emmabrown906]

If you have enough space you can but I would put them together with a divider for couple of weeks so they can check each other out and get acquainted first. When you do remove the divider make sure you have enough obstacles and a few perches in the the area where they can get away from each other for protection when assorting their pecking order. Also two feeding and watering stations so the smaller ones don't have to compete so hard to eat.

Ahh okay. It’s not that big of space it’s a run which is 2.4 metres long by half metre wide and then the hutch