- May 22, 2017
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I have two one year old chickens and four chicks that are about three months old. After keeping the chicks inside for several weeks, I put them in the chicken run separated from the older chickens so that they could see each other but not touch. I did that for about a month. Now they have been together for about a month, and they are not bonding well. The older chickens will not let the chicks sit on the roost, so the chicks end up sleeping in the nesting boxes and throwing out all of the straw. During the daytime, the older chicks go in the run and the chicks stay in the chicken house and also go in the nesting boxes. Quite often when I get the older chicken's eggs from the nesting boxes, they are cracked - presumably from the chicks (which are about 3/4 grown now) stepping on them. When they free roam, they stay in separate groups. Suggestions please!!!