integrating chicks

Today I opened the chicks caged area in the coop and left a small opening for the chicks to slip in and out of. The opening is not big enough for the adults to get through. I have seen the chicks using it. I watched the flock for a while and the only chicken that has "attacked" the chicks is my...

Hi I'm Jacque, I've cared for grown chickens, but I've never raised chicks of my own. This fall I took the plunge and am finishing up my chicken coop and run. Coops just about ready for my chicks. My chicks are in a brooder in my house, warm and comfy. They are 3 1/2 week and 1 1/2 weeks old...

Our chickens are pets. Our flock was decimated in December by coyotes with the rooster and one hen surviving. A friend gave us 2 of her chickens (who were not pets),1 of which picks the other's feathers out. I put the one being picked on in with our 6 week old chicks and she immediately started...

Hi, one of my girls just died and another is dying, so eventually I’m going to get 2 more chicks. With the hatcherry here near me, they only sell week old chicks, and I don’t have the time or supplies to hatch eggs. I was wondering if my BR is broody, could I swap fake eggs under her for the...

Hi - long time reader, first time posting a question. I have 2 hens that hatched 5 chicks, they are 5 weeks old today. They have been raised together in a brooder away from my 2 older hens but free range in the same yard during the day. The moms are opposite side of the order; one is a Maran...

Hi everyone, Quick question. 6 weeks ago we hatched 2 pekin bantams and 1 serama bantam. Of these I ended up with two cockerels and one pullet. We've now just acquired 5 more day-old pekin bantam chicks, genders unknown for a few more weeks. When they hit the 6/7 week mark i'll be looking to...

Hello, I have a Chocolate Orpington rooster (Rudy), a Buff Orpington hen (Molly), and two Ameraucana hens, (Beth and Bonnie). They are 1 year, 4 months old. Molly got mites so we took her to the vet for antibiotics and then quarantined her at my daughter's house. We treated the other chickens...

hey guys, I recently bought a dozen chicks and four keets to add to my flock. They were brooded indoors, but as it turns out, food and bedding is much more expensive when I’m the one paying for it, and after 6ish (maybe 8ish) weeks, my family was done with the noise and smell, thus marking the...

I live in an area that only permits 4 hens maximum. About a week ago me and my family got our first ever chickens- a flock of four three-day-old chicks. Unfortunately, our EE was soon discovered to have a really horrible cross beak...

I knew this would happen! But in my own defense I’m a known worrier. Yes, I am worried about my broody. I realize that Mother Nature has instructed my broody girl to climb in that little, hidey-hole of a nest, and sit on what would be the most uncomfortable spot for me, atop a bunch of...