We got the 4 Welsummers plus 2 (1 barred Rock, 1 Australorp) when they were 1 month old. They moved out to the coop within their own enclosure at 2 months old. Now at 3 months old they're starting to really interact with the rest of the flock.
I've found that a slow introduction where new chicks or chickens are living together, seeing each other, without touching leads to a successful integration.
And the big babies still love dust bathing in fresh shavings! That was the first thing they did when we brought them home and they still love it. They'd been brooded up to a month old in a wire bottom brooder, I'm sure the fluffy shavings felt nice to dust bath in. here is some dust bathing action right in the new bag of shavings.
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