New Chick Mama

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

@TwoCrows shared with you above a link to our excellent articles in our Learning Center. I hope you'll pop in there and look around!

 

[N F C]

Hi, thanks for joining us! What breed of chicks do you have (pictures are welcome too)?

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Tookie]

Hello, welcome to BYC! So glad you joined us.

 

[City Chick Mama]

Hi all!
Thank you so much for the welcoming!
I need some help with getting my new 18-week-old chickens (1 buff orphaned. & 1 black Australorp) to go in the coop. It is just a regular size 4x2 coop with a protruding nesting box that has 3 Bays. The Coop also has three 2 ft perching bars. The two younger ones have been sleeping outside in a secure run.
I also have two wyandottes that are just over a year old. They sleep in the coop.
The younger ones are very scared of the older ones.
I live in New England so it gets pretty cold. Will my little ones automatically go in to stay warm or will they be too scared because the bigger ones are in the coop?

Thank you in advance.

City Chick Mama

 

[City Chick Mama]

Hi, thanks for joining us! What breed of chicks do you have (pictures are welcome too)?

 

[DobieLover]

It is just a regular size 4x2 coop with a protruding nesting box that has 3 Bays.

It's too small for more than 2 birds. And won't have enough ventilation either.

 

[The Coop Crew]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[Debbie292d]

Hi all!
Thank you so much for the welcoming!
I need some help with getting my new 18-week-old chickens (1 buff orphaned. & 1 black Australorp) to go in the coop. It is just a regular size 4x2 coop with a protruding nesting box that has 3 Bays. The Coop also has three 2 ft perching bars. The two younger ones have been sleeping outside in a secure run.
I also have two wyandottes that are just over a year old. They sleep in the coop.
The younger ones are very scared of the older ones.
I live in New England so it gets pretty cold. Will my little ones automatically go in to stay warm or will they be too scared because the bigger ones are in the coop?

Thank you in advance.

City Chick Mama

They're too young as the older ones will pick on them. If you don't have anywhere else for them, you could put like a hutch or dog house in there for them to hide inside at night. Then put a light inside the chicken door would help get them there but if they're scared already, you might have to just put them in there for a few nights.

 

[City Chick Mama]

They're too young as the older ones will pick on them. If you don't have anywhere else for them, you could put like a hutch or dog house in there for them to hide inside at night. Then put a light inside the chicken door would help get them there but if they're scared already, you might have to just put them in there for a few nights.

Hi.
Thank you for your help.
I'm going to try to separate to coop somehow and place them on the roosting bar.