Thank you for the link! I read it and now have good ideas to enhance and clutter the runs :)
I have kept the cockerel in the run and let all the girls free range together, and it wasn't as dramatic, but the NNs still gang up and chase around the Polish. Keeping them in a run together won't...
What do you mean by large clutter?
I am just surprised the cockerel hurts the only girl that squats for him. What surprises me the most is that the Polish hen seems to like him, even though he attacks her.
I do hope age will calm things down.
Everything is a work in progress. The coop is about to have a covered run. The metal runs will be used for bad weather as well. Right now the two groups are kept separate in the runs and separate in the two coops at night.
Thank you.
I quarantined the Polish, which is why I waited. I will have to take pictures tomorrow.
I might have to keep them separate 100% of the time, but my second coop is small, and was going to be only used as a brooder or quarantine coop.
For the future, will showgirls get a long with...
Hello :)
I have 4 Naked Necks, and 2 Polish. The Polish are 5 months old, and the NNs are 4 months old. I had the NNs first (got them in July around 4/5 weeks old I was told), and then got the Polish from a neighbor in August. I kept the 2 Polish separate for 2 weeks and then brought them to be...