I have a big silkie only pen. As all the hatched babies hit about 2 months old, I pull the silkies out and put them into the silkie only pen. Last night, as I was trying to catch 5 silkies out of 25 or so various sized babies. This is in a pen I have to hunch over. First pass, I caught 2, handed them out to be carried to the silkie pen. Went to grab 2 more, eventually caught them, and as I walked back to the gate, the 20 or so panicking babies that I didn't catch were pushing their way out. They actually got the gate opened that I hadn't latched. So, I spent 20 minutes trying to round up the escaped babies. Finally moved the non escaping chicks inside, and shut their door. Then I left the gate to the run open and waited. They all eventually wandered back in, wanting to be let back into the coop.
I find lock down time is the best time to integrate. Most of the crowd is intent on roosting and mellowing out for the night. They are more accepting. Sometimes I have to pull them back out the following morning. That's awesome that they didn't go after her.
Soneone wanna do it for me?
my first egg from the March first group, and it was not a leghorn. White and brown Leghorn, hatchery RIR?, Green eggers, ISA?, CL not.
