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post #1 of 9
8/9/12 at 9:07pm
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my new banny hen is always bieng attacked by my other banny hen and i need help introducing them any suggestions? please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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post #2 of 9
8/9/12 at 9:22pm
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I had a similar situation with my neighbors chicken that had abandoned it's flock. It kept flying over the 2m fence that separates our two houses. She said it likes you better than me so you can keep it. Our flock kept on attacking and pecking this poor chook. I searched the site for any help and no one had been successful with just adding one chicken to their flock. I had to give it back. When I added 3 to my flock earlier this week, everything was fine after a day or two. My suggestion is that you should buy another one or two and introduce at least 2 to your existing flock, so not just one is being singled out and attacked. Good luck and I hope this helps smile.png
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post #3 of 9
8/9/12 at 11:39pm

Hello and welcome to BYC frow.gif Do as Birdlife99 suggested and good luck!

 

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post #4 of 9
8/10/12 at 5:56am

Greetings from Kansas and welcome-byc.gif!  X2 on what Birdlife said.  Best of luck!

I never considered a difference in opinion, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.  - Thomas Jefferson
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.  - Teddy Roosevelt
 

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I never considered a difference in opinion, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.  - Thomas Jefferson
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.  - Ben Franklin
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.  - Teddy Roosevelt
 

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post #5 of 9
8/10/12 at 6:02am

I think Birdlifes suggestion will work! Best of luck to you.

 

 

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post #6 of 9
8/10/12 at 6:55am

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan big_smile.png

Keep them caged next to each other for a week or two before you try to put them together

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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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post #7 of 9
8/10/12 at 1:35pm

frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us. 

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

 

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post #8 of 9
8/10/12 at 6:13pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad to have you aboard. Good advice given. thumbsup.gif

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

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post #9 of 9
8/10/12 at 8:44pm
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You should try keeping them separate for a while so they can get used to each other's presence.
And yeah, I agree that you might be better off introducing two or more. We've always gotten new chickens in pairs to avoid bad pecking problems.
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