Devonne Short
In the Brooder
I am new member! I went out of town for a weekend and came home to one baby chicken.She is a leghorn hen I love her very much! She is getting big she will be 13 wks old.
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Usually it is hard to introduce new birds to a flock. But because she is all lone, sometimes it isn't too difficult since she will no doubt welcome the company. If you do get another hen, keep the new hen in a cage or fence off section, but around her for a couple of weeks. Once they fully get to know each other from behind wire, you should be able to mix them ok with little aggression. Always watch carefully for that first week and make sure to add an extra food and water station in case this hen decides they are all hers...she could starve them out. But usually as in your case with one hen, the new bird is excepted fairly well since they can be lonely.I will definitely get a mirror for her! I know she needs a friend is it hard to introduce another chicken at her age?
SO pretty!! I bet she IS spoiled! Ha!