went to introduce new chicks to semi older chicks in coop

[Copat]

I have seven 10 week old pullets (light Brahma, barred rock, and prairie bluebell eggers) and one that turned out to be a rooster in the coop.

I have 5 chicks in the brooder that are 4 weeks and 6 weeks old. When would be a good time to introduce them. They are getting big and outgrowing the brooder at this point. I would love for them to be in the coop as much as they would love it. Thanks in advance

 

[RubelliteRose]

Do you have a way to move them into the coop, but keep them separate? We placed a dog crate in the coop for the youngest to sleep in at night and had a small area of the run fenced off with chicken wire for the day.

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Maybe you should introduce the 4 & 6 week old chicks to the 10 week old chicks one by one. Let them do their thing in the pecking order.

 

[Copat]

Do you have a way to move them into the coop, but keep them separate? We placed a dog crate in the coop for the youngest to sleep in at night and had a small area of the run fenced off with chicken wire for the day.View attachment 3132542

Unfortunately I don’t. I’m waiting on my bigger coop to arrive so only have a 4x4 coop and 8’ run right now. However my 10 week old chickens free range basically all day. I let them out around 8am and then they put themselves back in the coop at 8pm ish and then I lock the coop up. So honestly the baby chicks could almost be in there all day by themselves

 

[Copat]

Maybe you should introduce the 4 & 6 week old chicks to the 10 week old chicks one by one. Let them do their thing in the pecking order.

Do you think that would be more beneficial over introducing them all at once?

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

Do you think that would be more beneficial over introducing them all at once?

Yes. So that you don't have all of the chicks fighting at once