when can i mix diferent age chicks

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when can i mix diferent age chicks
« on: March 30, 2011, 14:04 »
Hi i have 1, 2 week old chick in a brooder and more eggs in the incubator due to hatch in 10 days, at what age can i mix my chick with the ones about to hatch, i`m also getting a next batch of eggs sorted which will be a mixed bunch of 12 and 6 polish frizzle bantams, would these need separating or will they be ok together(when they hatch), just needing to know how many brooders i`m going to have to have ready, thanks :) :)

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Re: when can i mix diferent age chicks
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 21:34 »
the polish will need to be in own brooder i have read on here before due to other chicks wanting to get at their head feathers.

Im sre thats what i read but one of the wiser guys will offer help
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Re: when can i mix diferent age chicks
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 21:38 »
Don't know about Polish, but last year when we tried breeding our own purebreeds, I had 4 lots of chicks hatched a week apart.  Brian divided my small brooder shed into 4 pens, then after 4 weeks and the chicks were bigger, I took down the partition between the oldest 2 pens and the week after the partition between the youngest 2 pens and a week later the last partition so they were all together.


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