Moving Chicks to the Coop

[aart]

Question was what you refer to as chick raft.

Ohhh....well, one of the definitions of he word 'raft' is:
2. bring or fasten together (a number of boats or other objects) side by side.

 

[Akm78]

I consider an integration to be successful when no one gets hurt. The Cum-Bah-Yah stuff of sitting around a campfire singing Puff the Magic Dragon and eating S'mores in one happy group can come later. I think you are in a good place with integration. Don't worry about the separation during the day or the treat behavior.

Even in North Dakota your 6-week-olds do not need the heat lamp. Their behavior is telling you that. Most chicks are fully feathered by 4 to 5 weeks. Even when not fully feathered they can handle cooler temperatures pretty well but we like to play it safe with them. Yours are telling you by their behaviors that they don't need that heat plate.

Love this!!!! Probably will remove soon!!!