AuntieAlex
Chirping
Hello!
So last week I lost my flock to a weasel Today I replaced them with some new baby chicks, about 2-3 days old. However I also heard of someone near me selling chicks that are roughly 5-6 weeks old? Maybe older? Unclear right now. My question is I know that when introducing chickens to an existing flock that there can be some pecking order establishment and that it should be done in stages and mostly supervised, but what if the majority of the flock are babies and clearly have no way of establishing themselves as anything with this bigger chick until later? Would that still cause a problem? Would the babies be in more danger or less introducing a single older chick?
thanks!
So last week I lost my flock to a weasel Today I replaced them with some new baby chicks, about 2-3 days old. However I also heard of someone near me selling chicks that are roughly 5-6 weeks old? Maybe older? Unclear right now. My question is I know that when introducing chickens to an existing flock that there can be some pecking order establishment and that it should be done in stages and mostly supervised, but what if the majority of the flock are babies and clearly have no way of establishing themselves as anything with this bigger chick until later? Would that still cause a problem? Would the babies be in more danger or less introducing a single older chick?
thanks!