I just bought 4 chicks that were special ordered and there all doing good but when should i combine these chicks with my older hens the older ones are 22 weeks old and not laying will they be fine when they get all there feathers can i put them in there then or should i wait even longer
Welcome to BYC! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754146/integrating-the-flock this may help you. General rule not until chicks are similar size, hope this helps good luck.
what you can do when they are fully feathered out, is partition the run area in half(maybe with chicken wire) . Have the older birds on one side and the young ones on the other. This way they can see each other but, can't do much damage. After a while they will be used to each other and when you finally put them together - hopefully the squabbles will be minor ones.
