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    How best to introduce a rooster to my existing flock

    Tesumph - yes I've read that. Unfortunately I read it after I'd already put him in the adjacent enclosure. I usually research exhaustively before undertaking something. I did some reading, but not as much as I should've this time. One of my girls does seem to be having an issue, but the other 2...
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    How best to introduce a rooster to my existing flock

    Thanks for the input and suggestions. I ended up introducing them by releasing him to free range along with my hens and it was a total non event. Figured I'd give the girls ample space in case they wanted to get away. Everybody got along great - it was as if he'd always been a part of their...
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    How best to introduce a rooster to my existing flock

    I've waited the appropriate amount of time before introducing a 4 month old rooster to my existing hens. I'm nervous about how best to do the introduction this weekend. It seems the general wisdom is to wait til 45 minutes or so after dark and then put him in with the hens, but it seems like a...
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    Introducing a 4 month old rooster

    Interesting! Thanks for all your input. I'd never heard of integrating little chicks so soon with hens, but am intrigued by your approach! Do you happen to have a link to the article you reference? PS - you're in the Bay Area? I lived there for a while around the time of the boom/bust. Love it...
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    Introducing a 4 month old rooster

    I'm wondering what's the general wisdom re: how best to introduce a new 4 month old rooster to an existing, albeit now small (3) flock of hens, and also about potential diseases. If he has a disease or some other bug, do I need to also worry about the new baby chicks I'm about to get? Obviously...
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