integrating chicks/pullets

I have 15-week-old Rhode Islande Reds and Mixes (5 pullets and 1 Roo) and seven 6-week-old pullet chicks (Buff Orpington, White Leghorn, Barred Rock, Red Sex Link, and one Easter Egger) I have set up a makeshift cage next to my bigger chickens run. I started putting them next to them yesterday...

I’m planning on adding 3 new pullets to my flock this week. I have 3 week old chicks right now, is it okay to brood the new chicks with the older girls or should I keep them separated for a while?

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...

So my chicks are now fully feathered (So I guess they aren't quite babies anymore), and I was wondering how I should go about putting them outside. Two of my chicks died in the brooder due to (I believe) freezing to death, so I am worried it will be too cold. My big chickens have already met the...

I will preface by saying that I am a first time chicken owner (but long time animal rescuer) from the city and desperately need help!! I ordered 5 buff silkie chickens at the end of June from an online supplier and they all amazingly arrived healthy and adorable. They immediately took to each...

This is just a post to share my continued amazement of my chickens! Several weeks ago I noticed one of my Speckled Sussex pullets on the nest during my twice daily egg gathering. Then it hit me, she was going broody! This is my second year with chickens and I had not experienced broodiness...

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 got two baby chicks in September.. they grew up together and bonded.. I also have seven fulled grown hens who all get along.. I was planning on integrating my now 4 month old babies with the rest. I put a small coop next to the big run and they were getting to know one another just fine...

I have 4 hens and one Rooster which I raised from day old chicks from My Pet Chicken last October. I want to add some blue egg layers to my flock, and maybe another Lavender Orpington who is my little Love. I have 2 Easter Eggers who lay pale green eggs so carry the blue gene, and my...