What to do with 2 months old chicks?

[imran_uh]

I've 2 big chickens and 3 are 4 months old +/- . And i've another 2 months old chicks in a seperate brooder. Can i put the littles with the biggers? remember I have cardboard box for brooder. So i cant keep them in their neighbourhood so they can be familiar to each other.
i'm afraid that the biggies will peck them to death.
plzz help

 

[BayCityBabe]

Pecked to death is not good. I would advise creating some kind of cage, so that the little ones are safe, but also visible. That way, they will get used to eachother. Soon, they will all be of similar size and can live together.

 

[miss_jayne]

i second BayCityBabe's idea. let the older chickens SEE them, but not be able to attack them.

when the young ones get up in size, then let them together while supervising and checking very often.

 

[chickn]

how about if you tip the box over, make holes so the little ones can get back under but the big ones cant get threw them. that way they have a safe place to run to if it goes bad? maybe hold the box down with something, worth a try until you can come up with something else, you could corner off a section in you coop all wire, so they can see but you dont need to build any big thing??

 

[Shogun99]

I would also let them socialize with each other a little bit each day without a barrier. They might get pecked a little, but if you keep an eye on things, you'll be able to regulate them in case one or two gets a tad uppity.

 

[Opa]

You might be horrified to see how quickly bigger chickens can destroy smaller birds. Don't risk it