Top 5 Tips For Integrating Your Chicks With An Established Flock!

[@oneofmanysouls]

Super helpful! I've got 10 babies that I'll soon be needing to introduce to my small flock of 3 adult hens and an adult rooster.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Thank you for watching!! Good luck getting everyone together!!

[@kimjaymama26]

Perfect timing. Our chicks are getting old enough to be added in with the older ladies and I was wondering all these things. We used an old crib (with the legs cut off) for our outside run for the chicks. Worked great. No I just need to try to figure out which ones are hens and roos.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

An old crib? That’s genius! 😂 that can be a bit difficult when they are young, that’s for sure!

[@vamountainman2512]

Also, if you have the time to supervise and wake with the sun, after all of these steps, I like to just integrate the new chickens at night when all the adults are perched for the night. I slip the new chickens on the roost with them and allow them to rest together and wake up together. Only once I'm fairly confident there will be no major issue and only if I can supervise bright and early

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

That’s an awesome thing to do! We definitely helped the chicks up onto the roost that first night!

[@kathy3930]

My hubby built a playpen for my chicks with some spare wood and chicken wire. We sit it next to the chicken run so the big girls met the chicks before they go into the run. The playpen has a lid and everything which makes it great to use and it’s light enough to move around the yard. I also watch oak abode and you both have great advice for chicken raising. I get info from you that I don’t get from oak abode and visa versa. Thank you for the info on your channel.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

That was very kind, thank you! They definitely have some great content over there!

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Great video! We are just about to be doing this in a couple weeks with our younger flock. Keep up the great work!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Nice! Good luck with your little ones! Thank you, we appreciate it!

[@flynnstechlife]

This worked our great! We got a few more baby chickens and using your tips really helped! Thank you! ❤

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

You're welcome! Happy to help!

[@juneramirez8580]

I have a Puppy kennel with a top that I intend to put in the big run when I get my new chicks. If there is a problem I can always add another fence to give everyone space. Thanks for the tips.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Puppy kennels work great! Thank you for watching!

[@Kianite0]

One day my chickens got out of their run to go mingle with the neighbors hens. Was surprised how well they got along with how feisty they are with each other. Thinking of adding to my flock next year as the barreds like to gang up and bully anyone with different feathers lol

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

😂😂😂 they might act mean and scary but when you actually get them together often times they will calm down relatively quickly!

[@Kianite0]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead They suddenly don't have a mean bone in their body. Too shy in a big crowd lol

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

😂 chickens are funny, I just love it!

[@misschris325]

Grubterra is something I'll order later today, thanks! I saw a diy trick for raising soldier flies, but since I'm new to this, and quite busy, a bag sounds like a good start. I only have 6 bantams, but plan on adding more. I will keep these tricks in mind!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

It’s awesome stuff! We would eventually like to raise our own but we are SO busy around here we just can’t add anything else at the moment 😂! Bantams are awesome!!

[@vamountainman2512]

What kinda bantams? 🤠

[@misschris325]

@@vamountainman2512 2 Silkies, 2 Wyandottes, and 2 Sebrights. They are 2 months old and I love them so much! My favorite is my Jane;) I spoil them and are happy to help them dig for worms.

[@vamountainman2512]

@@misschris325 Nice! I really love the Sebrights. I just have a wide variety of old english game Bantams but I do have one random sebright hen lol.

[@iwanttobelieve5970]

Great advice.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Hey thanks!

[@lisagayhart2482]

Great information and well done video. Thanks. Keep up the great work!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I appreciate that, thank you! Thank you for watching and leaving such a nice comment!

[@nogames8982]

I put the check pin, in my case, I use a wire, dog, crate, inside the run, its self. Over about a three week. I will let the big chickens out of the run for a while and let them run around the yard and then I'll let the chicks run around the run to check it out. And after about two weeks I will open the door to the check pen just big enough so the chicks can get in an out but the big chickens can't get in there. After another week of that, I take away the chip panel together. Semi checks are 100% integrated by the time they're three months old.

[@stevenbrogdon3074]

You do good videos. But this is IMO your best and very comprehensive. Kudos

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

That is nice of you, thank you! Definitely good to hear!

[@kittenskneadingcompanions]

This video came at the perfect time, as we have been attempting this and having zero luck. Even had one pecked to death the first time we had tried. Also, just ordered my first bag of the grubs. Thanks!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Oh no!! Yeah chickens can get pretty territorial. Good luck, I hope we helped!

[@blowupcars]

First chicks I had I was able to give to a broody hen so I didn’t have to do any of this. This time round I don’t have a broody hen so it’s a different ballgame.

[@gabrieldiaz292]

Very helpful video. How many hens do you have?

[@taylorshomestead3934]

Will a big rooster attack new chicks if integrating like you showed? I have a big rooster lol and down to 3 hens, getting ready to buy some chicks. Wondering how the rooster will treat the younger girls.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

It would depend on the rooster, but I would definitely watch the rooster closely!

[@justinsane7128]

Good 😊 Tips

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Hey thanks!!

[@angelasgreenarts9124]

Our 9 week old chickens don’t roost. They all snuggle up on a bale of hay at night. We just got 4 week old chicks on Friday and have them covered in pack n play at night in coup. Should I move the bale of hay out of coup?

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Have you tried physically placing them on the roost at night yet??

[@angelasgreenarts9124]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead So Just today I integrated little chicks with bigger ones and I will try that this evening, thank you. The little chicks have already tried roosting. Big chicks up higher though right?

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Usually, yes! If it was your first day definitely try to physically place them on the roosts! It can take a few days to really get them up there though, totally normal!

[@angelasgreenarts9124]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead they did great all the big chickens went on the top roost all snuggled up it was soooo cute! Except for Sunflower she was two theirs under and that’s where 4 of the baby birds anted to be, the last three on bottom bunk. Thanks so much for advise! Your channel has helped out so much!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

Wooo!!! I’m so happy to hear it! You may have to do this for another night or two but that’s a really good sign! Good job! No problem, that’s what I’m here for!

[@80hd80hd]

😂 means girls.... I never understood humans until I raised chickens, and high school (chicken coop) finally made sense

[@enoch52]

Are you prior service? You look like a guy I served with in the 101st.

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I am not, I’m sorry!

[@enoch52]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead no worries, I feel like I've already got a connection with ya so it works out lol. I was thinking of extending my chicken run to a spring pond I dug for my ducks. My question is do you think my chickens will be okay with a small pond or do you think they'll drown?

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

I’ve never had a pond near ours but I’ve heard some horror stories about it. I wouldn’t have a good answer for you on that one 😂. Definitely worth looking into it more before doing it!

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

And I appreciate that, thank you!

[@enoch52]

@@WhitepepperFarmshomestead na I appreciate you and what you're doing. Thanks, I've heard some horror stories as well. Hope you and your beautiful family are happy and healthy brother!

[@KitchenFamilyHomestead]

You cut ur hair.. whelp now I have go somewhere else to see those golden locks! 🤷‍♂️

[@WhitepepperFarmshomestead]

😂😂😂 I should have shown you what it was like without the hat! It was a mullet I grew out as a joke for a California trip we went on… and it then turned into my identity and I just couldn’t do it anymore haha!