muscovy mixing

[TarynLord]

heys guys, so our muscovy pair hatched out 9 babies about 4 and a half weeks ago. Today I went and picked up 2 more muscovy, but they are only 2 weeks old. when would be the best ages to put them all together in 1 pen? they are drastically different sizes at this point. TIA!

 

[Miss Lydia]

You can let everyone meet by putting the 2 week old in a dog crate in with the others that way no one can hurt the little ones by the time the 2 week olds are 4-5 weeks old they should be big enough to be with everyone. I’d start by letting them be together with supervision maybe tossing mealworms out so they are more fixated on eating than going after the newbies. It really is amazing 2 weeks can make in size. If your temps are warm at night let the littles stay out in the coop in the crate if still cool then you’ll have to still give them heat. Nice thick bedding in the crate with food and water.