Good night nostr friends, introducing the new chicks to the main flock today, but through a fence first. Its always a little tense. Yall have a good evening. #chickens #homesteading

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This is one of my go-to's.

I'm curious. When do you decide to let the youngsters join the flock?

I dont have a set time, sometimes i let them get bigger just so they can defend themselves against the older chickens. I usually do it at dark, just set them on the roost with the others, and hope that the next morning they wont get picked on too much.

I've had good luck throwing them in after dark. They can't see very well in the dark and they can't count the next morning.

Yeah i've noticed that too. I'm gonna wait at least a couple more weeks for the young ones to get a little bigger though.