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j36jepjen

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Jan 11, 2024
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Hello! I've owned chickens for a while, though today was my first time mail-ordering one day old chicks (buff Brahmas, black cuckoo marans, and barred rocks, who will join a mixed flock when they're big enough.) I'm lucky to have a boss who loves chickens, too, and I'm hoping to meet more people on here for advice and chicken chat!
 
j36jepjen said:
Hello! I've owned chickens for a while, though today was my first time mail-ordering one day old chicks (buff Brahmas, black cuckoo marans, and barred rocks, who will join a mixed flock when they're big enough.) I'm lucky to have a boss who loves chickens, too, and I'm hoping to meet more people on here for advice and chicken chat!
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Hello and welcome!:celebrate
 
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.

If you have a walk-in style coop with enough floor space you can brood the chicks in the coop in a wired off area that the larger birds cannot get in but can see the chicks. Use a brooder plate for the chicks for a safe heat source. Integration can then start as early as 4 weeks old and but done by the time they are 7 weeks old.
Brand new batch of one day old chicks in the brooder looking from the big chickens side:
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Looking down on the chicks at 8 days old in their area in the coop.
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The group of 7 week-old pullets bunched up at the right side of the roost and down on the perch in front of the nest boxes. They never went back to the brooder after this night:
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