nszrmch
Songster
Hello!
My chicks(5 of em) are getting ready to head into the backyard coop. However, we have an older flock (3 hens) in the backyard already. I've read a lot about how to introduce them on other posts on here. However, we are also purchasing a new, bigger coop. We are planning to keep the smaller one in case of injury or anything like that.
How should we go about introducing the babies to the backyard, a coop and the older flock while introducing older flock to babies and new coop? We are thinking maybe put the babies in the new coop and leave them in there(it has a huge run) fro a few days so they can see the older flock but no one can get hurt? Then after a week or so start free ranging them together and move old flock into the new coop? Hope that all makes sense. Any suggestions/ do you think this is a good idea? Thanks!
*Edit was to clarify details
My chicks(5 of em) are getting ready to head into the backyard coop. However, we have an older flock (3 hens) in the backyard already. I've read a lot about how to introduce them on other posts on here. However, we are also purchasing a new, bigger coop. We are planning to keep the smaller one in case of injury or anything like that.
How should we go about introducing the babies to the backyard, a coop and the older flock while introducing older flock to babies and new coop? We are thinking maybe put the babies in the new coop and leave them in there(it has a huge run) fro a few days so they can see the older flock but no one can get hurt? Then after a week or so start free ranging them together and move old flock into the new coop? Hope that all makes sense. Any suggestions/ do you think this is a good idea? Thanks!
*Edit was to clarify details