These are pictures I took of the babies the first time we let them outside. I placed them in the big run to see how they would act. Of course anytime I am doing anything with the chickens my toddler is right there helping me. She loves her birdies.
Moving the new birds in with the old is always a little tricky. I will place the new birds into the house at night so that they will all wake up together. There is always a new pecking order that takes place and the new ones usually get picked on a little. I just have to watch them closely for a few days to make sure no one gets too mean.
We just made the same transition and I was shocked at how the older chickens chose only one of the little ones to dislike. The first time we put them in together, all of the older birds attacked our little brown bird. As long as I was standing in the coop, the girls all got along, so I ended up spending an afternoon "monitoring" the girls...lol. Thankfully, they are all getting along fine now. :)
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