merging flocks

So this is my first go at introducing chickens that haven't been raised together. My current chicks are 6-7 weeks old, and we're getting 3 additional pullets tomorrow. We have a box we constructed with wood and chicken wire which should be big enough for the 3 pullets temporarily. Our coop is...

Hi all, we are first time chicken raisers and are struggling to figure out how to manage the merging of our two young flocks. We have two hens who are 17 weeks old, and three chicks who are now 7 weeks old. For the past 3 weeks, we’ve put the chicks out every day in a fenced off area of the yard...

Hi all! I have 3 laying hens and 3 eight week old chicks that slept outside with the big hens for the first time last night. I am having a hard time figuring out how to feed and what to feed them. The chicks don’t have access to the layer feed because it’s suspended and too high for them, but...

I live in N VA and the lows at night can get into the twenties. My pen outside is 8x6x5ft tall, on the ground, using straw as a deep litter method for the winter. Half is covered by a tarp for rain and there is a "coop" box that is shielded from the elements (straw deep litter too). I have 12...

Hello, I have two flocks: 1 made up of 2 adult hens and a rooster and the other made up of 4 13 week old pullets. I spent just over a week allowing the two groups to free range with a fence between them so they could "see but not touch." I spend another week allowing them to free-range all...

I have a flock of 7 hens. my oldest girls are a 3 year old BR and a 18 month old brown leghorn (bantam). 3 months ago I merged 5 - 8 week old pullets. They did fine no blood but the big girls did chase the little girls and the two groups hung apart for most of the last 3 months. They are...

i have two flicks of different age. One is about seven or eight months old; it consists of my two Delaware hens and my EE hen but I recently moved the EE with the younger flock since she's a bit more docile. The younger flock is about 4 to 5 months old;consists of one New hemisphere hen and a...

Hi all! I just want to make sure what I am doing is the correct thing. I had neighbors complain about my rooster's noise so I ended up rehoming him, which left me with 2 cinnamon queens. I ended up getting 4 more hens of varying breeds. I have a run that is about 12 x 5 feet and a coop that can...

I have an established flock of 6 month old silver laced wyandottes (13) and my cousin is taking a job in south Texas, so I am inheriting her flock of chickens (number she'll bring, unknown, but guessing at least 8) these chickens are no certain breed, they've all inter-bread. But- these chickens...