With young chicks it's a wait and see game. I've had little problems adding chicks a week or so apart, but I've also had the new kids killed by the older ones. Add them and see what happens, but have a backup plan ready should you need one.Wow what luck! You guys are great! We checked Washington Co. co-op and they had a few australorp left so we hot footed it up there and grabbed the last 2 and an iffy Ameraucana (chick was in a brooder labeled BSL and Ameraucana it wasn't fully black like the other chicks so we figured it might have been the last Ameraucana) That being said we were hoping for more which leads me to my next question (newbie so sorry for all the asks, let me know if I should be asking elsewhere). If we get more chicks, that my be a few days apart from the few we got today, is it okay to have them in the same brooder? Or could it cause problems with fighting?