Ok, I need some advice.

[Yardbirds286]

Well here goes. We have 6 chicks (3 BO's and 3 BA's) that are due to arrive mid May. Around the 19th for a ship date. I have the brooder set up, and our dogs old large crate ready for when they are in their "teens" before out to the coop. I have now found myself about to adopt 2 BR pullets that are just about two weeks old MONDAY!

The thing is that they will end up being about 4-5 weeks older than my original six. SOOOOO, how do I go about doing this? When can I introduce them? I was thinking of waiting till they are all about the same size? How do you make introductions go as smoothly as possible? New to chicks this year and I want to make it as easy on them as possible. Good thing our coop ended up being bigger than planned!

 

[Kittymomma]

That close in age and with six chicks in the younger batch and only two in the older one I'd put them together when the youngsters are around 4-6 weeks old. They'll be mostly feathered in by then and not so fragile. As long as they have plenty of room it shouldn't be much of a problem.

 

[Yardbirds286]

Thanks for the help. The dog kennel is BIG and has a divider and I thought that may work for intro's before heading out to the coop, and yard. They should all be close to the same size by then I hope. Also the breeds I am getting are all on the more mellow side I hear so I hope that works out in our favor as well.