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post #11 of 15

5/6/12 at 9:01am

Aeropennchick

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Integration is hard! It is always risky to just throw them together, though. The suggestions of setting up a run separated by a mesh fence, where the chickens can see each other but not get to each other, seems to be the way to go. Also make sure there are plenty of places the "picked on" chickens can go to hide. Good luck!

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5/6/12 at 3:45pm

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From Kansas!

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5/6/12 at 3:56pm

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Woow!! that sounds scary. Right now I only have three hens, 1 Buff Orpington, and 2 Brown Leghorns. I plan to get more and I was already worried if they would get along. Oh yeah, by the way....WELCOME!!!

One Wife - Two Sons - Five Grandkids - Three Dogs - Two Cats - Twenty-Three Chickens

One Buff Orpingtons - Two Brown Leghorns - One Lavender Orpington - Two Old English Game

One Red Sex-Links - One Silver Laced Wyandotte - One White Rock - Four Easter Eggers

One Gold Laced Wyandotte - One Cochin Cock - Nine Cochin Mix Chicks

.- And Some Gophers Messing Up My Yard -

One Wife - Two Sons - Five Grandkids - Three Dogs - Two Cats - Twenty-Three Chickens

One Buff Orpingtons - Two Brown Leghorns - One Lavender Orpington - Two Old English Game

One Red Sex-Links - One Silver Laced Wyandotte - One White Rock - Four Easter Eggers

One Gold Laced Wyandotte - One Cochin Cock - Nine Cochin Mix Chicks

.- And Some Gophers Messing Up My Yard -

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5/6/12 at 4:21pm

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from New Mexico!

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