I have 3 - 3 week old chicks (cream legbar, blue copper marans and a splash australorp), along with 1- 4 week chick (white leghorn) in a brooder. The feed store has a 3 day (maybe 1 week old) olive egger I wanted, along with ONE other friend - (americauna or chocolate laced orp, or another white leghorn). If I brooded those two separately for a week, could I add them to the other chicks after that? Or is this a recipe for disaster?
Then in 3-4 weeks I'd be putting them all into a divided coop with my 3 year old hens for several weeks of look but don't kill the new ones, probably not mixing the 3 year olds until the littlist chicks were ready to mix.
Or, am I better of not trying to bring the new babies in with the older chicks?
Then in 3-4 weeks I'd be putting them all into a divided coop with my 3 year old hens for several weeks of look but don't kill the new ones, probably not mixing the 3 year olds until the littlist chicks were ready to mix.
Or, am I better of not trying to bring the new babies in with the older chicks?