Teenage Chicks Accepted by Flock :) Pictures!

[LizzzyJo]

My 9 week old chicks have finally been accepted by my big girls! This is their first night where they were allowed to roost They've been through look-dont-touch and separated with a 'chick escape hatch'. This is their 7th day with no barrier and their first day not sleeping in a little pile on the floor. Two are on the coop walls, but whatever works! So happy! They've been getting much better at foraging and are now super excited to get out of the run to play. The two flocks still forage separately, but maybe in time they will blend?

Just wanted to share my happy night!

 

[DobieLover]

My 9 week old chicks have finally been accepted by my big girls! This is their first night where they were allowed to roost They've been through look-dont-touch and separated with a 'chick escape hatch'. This is their 7th day with no barrier and their first day not sleeping in a little pile on the floor. Two are on the coop walls, but whatever works! So happy! They've been getting much better at foraging and are now super excited to get out of the run to play. The two flocks still forage separately, but maybe in time they will blend?

Just wanted to share my happy night!

Too cute! Good for them. I'm sure they will be one big happy flock before you know it.

 

[Kayla's Lunch]

That is so adorable!

 

[kurka0]

I'm so happy for you and them!!

 

[chickpeasoup]

I hope my integration process goes as well as yours I have a welsummer who's a meanie...

 

[feathermaid]

Great job! How exciting! I always love seeing little ones roost next to big ones. I used a "chick barrier" method too, only mine were brooded in the coop so they ended up roosting at 4-5 weeks. They're almost a year old now, and even though everyone gets along fine, they still hang out in their original little group sometimes.

 

[aart]

Awesome!
Had one group of chicks take to the main roost at 6 weeks.
A few nights after this pic I was 'missing' one at head count,
she was nestled down between 2 of the big birds.
They were the 'bravest' group yet, also the noisiest at POL.

 

[LizzzyJo]

Great job! How exciting! I always love seeing little ones roost next to big ones. I used a "chick barrier" method too, only mine were brooded in the coop so they ended up roosting at 4-5 weeks. They're almost a year old now, and even though everyone gets along fine, they still hang out in their original little group sometimes.
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So cute!!

 

[Ridgerunner]

My 9 week old chicks have finally been accepted by my big girls! This is their first night where they were allowed to roost They've been through look-dont-touch and separated with a 'chick escape hatch'. This is their 7th day with no barrier and their first day not sleeping in a little pile on the floor. Two are on the coop walls, but whatever works! So happy! They've been getting much better at foraging and are now super excited to get out of the run to play. The two flocks still forage separately, but maybe in time they will blend?

Just wanted to share my happy night!

At nine weeks old that is fabulous. I've had some broody-raised chicks do that after the broody weaned them but my brooder-raised chicks typically wait a lot longer before they roost with the bigs. Roosting on the wall isn't that strange either. I had some 2 week old chicks wind up on top of the narrow side of a 2x4 when Mama told them to roost. The next night they made it all the way up to her. Yours on the flat side of the 2x4 may sleep there a while, who knows. That's just part of what makes chicken TV better than anything on cable, satellite, or antenna.

 

[hispoptart]

Congrats!!! That's so sweet, they look very happy to be up there with the older ones.