When can I introduce younger chicks to a 10 week old chick?

[rosemarythyme]

The brooder that the older chick is in is about 2.5ft x 2.5ft x 2ft. Her outdoor coop and run is not fully built yet, but it should be finished soon and then she can go in it (unless the smaller chicks need to get adjusted to her first because the outdoor coop is pretty cold with no electricity supply)

You definitely do NOT have space right now to put the younger birds with the older one. The babies have absolutely nowhere to escape to when chased.

Get the coop finished up at least and the older bird can go out. The younger ones will need to wait until they've been weaned from heat and acclimated to outdoor temps, and at that point I would begin see but no touch for up to 1-2 weeks before letting them have contact.

 

[Yardmom]

Normally I'm one to say put them together, but your situation is different. Try to put them in see no touch as much as you can. Once your coop is built and the younger ones don't need a heat source, put them together with plenty of places for the younger ones to hide from the older one.

 

[Newbie to chickens]

Alright noted, they haven’t been together since yesterday so it’s ok for now.

 

[Newbie to chickens]

Hi all! The older chick, now 13 weeks old, has been added to the coop, and the younger chicks are almost a month old. The lowest temperature it can get outside during nighttime is 23C, so could I start putting them in a cage in the coop or are they still too young for the temperature?

 

[Newbie to chickens]

Good morning everyone!
Update:
I added the chicks at 5weeks old to the coop with a separation, and after two weeks I removed the separation with supervision just to see what would happen, but the older chicken(it’s a kampung chicken, a bit aggressive breed) chased them around the coop and pecked them, and one chicks comb was injured. I put the separation back and left it there for around 2months and let them out in the morning to free range on neutral ground. One morning I realised the older chicken was being really friendly and the younger chicks trusted her and they sunbathed together, so I removed the separation and they were all really friendly. She still chases them sometimes for fun but doesn’t peck them, and when she does it’s not aggressive.

Thank you to all who advised me!!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Introducing them while free ranging is always better than closely confined.

 

[Slothinc]

Good morning everyone!
Update:
I added the chicks at 5weeks old to the coop with a separation, and after two weeks I removed the separation with supervision just to see what would happen, but the older chicken(it’s a kampung chicken, a bit aggressive breed) chased them around the coop and pecked them, and one chicks comb was injured. I put the separation back and left it there for around 2months and let them out in the morning to free range on neutral ground. One morning I realised the older chicken was being really friendly and the younger chicks trusted her and they sunbathed together, so I removed the separation and they were all really friendly. She still chases them sometimes for fun but doesn’t peck them, and when she does it’s not aggressive.
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Thank you to all who advised me!!

How sweet, what a great update!!!

 

[Turd bird]

Hi everyone, so first I got one chick that was around 5 weeks old from my relative's farm because it had a broken leg, and we needed to bring it to the vet, so we kept it for two weeks at our house to recover properly. The leg healed well, and she became really tame and attached to us, so we decided to keep her as a pet. She's now 10 weeks old. My dad and I are making a chicken coop for her in the backyard that can house around 3-5 chickens. Because they are social animals and definitely need other chickens to be happy, I bought 3 more chicks so that when they grow up they can be with her. In the meantime, I'm spending around 3 hours every day with her to keep her happy and not so lonely(she loves to cuddle!) and she gets about an hour of accompanied free range time. Unfortunately, one chick died, so there is now two. They are about two weeks old. When I showed them to our ten week old chick, she is not aggressive towards them, but she will peck their heads if they are coming near to her and she's eating. So, I'm wondering when can we add the young chicks to the chicken coop with her? any help is appreciated, thanks.

WELCOME TO BYC!!!!!

 

[Newbie to chickens]

Thanks for the warm welcome! This forum has been an extreme help to me and it’s lovely to meet fellow chicken owners.