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    How to introduce a hen and her chicks to the flock?

    He would approach her in attack mode, puffed up and aggressive. She would react and stand her ground and the fight was on! He didn't even get more than a few feathers out of her before I intervened. Normally I would stand back and watch, letting them figure it out themselves, but he is a larger...
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    How to introduce a hen and her chicks to the flock?

    He is a new rooster and was introduced into the flock after she had gone broody. They have free ranged together most days but yesterday he decided to go after her, rearing up and in fight stance. She didn't help matters much as she was protecting the chicks. I think it was more of a pecking...
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    How to introduce a hen and her chicks to the flock?

    We free ranged the whole flock today and the rooster didn't seem to like it. I think it will take a few more days before everyone is happy. I may just move the make shift coop into the run for a while and see how that goes. We never had a broody hen before and wasn't quite sure how it would go...
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    How to introduce a hen and her chicks to the flock?

    We free range everyone for most of the day. Momma seems to keep the chicks at bay and mostly away from the others. Our rooster is young only about 5 months and isn't aggressive at all. I would love to get them all in one coop and run before winter fully hits.
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    How to introduce a hen and her chicks to the flock?

    We had a hen go broody outside the coop and run. We allowed her to hatch out her brood, and took all but two chicks, her first brood, we wanted to make sure she would be a good mother, plus we have enough chicks in our back yard. We built a makeshift run and coop around her to keep her safe from...
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