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Our coop/run is 4.8m x 9.6m where 2.4m x 2.4m of that is the roosting house. They generally free range, but we kept them all locked up so the new birds would know where home is before we let them back out. We're going to take your advice and build a secondary, smaller pen, to use for...

I hope so. I'm feeling so negligent. I'll keep them separate for a while now until she heals completely. That brings me to another question. I was going to incubate a dozen eggs with the hope to rear them and then integrate them to the flock - is that going to be possible? Or will it be...

I currently have a flock of 14 chickens, 7 were mine since babies and 7 I bought as pullets. These two groups integrated beautifully. Since then I've rescued 2 other chickens (a rooster and a hen I believe) and they're now at the size and age where I thought they might integrate. I initially...

Thank you so much Ol Grey Mare. I'll go in and have a look on the weekend. I'm definitely willing to do whatever it takes for my ladies to be comfortable

I thought they may have been a while off yet... I'll keep feeding them and talking to them and hopefully it's only about a month or so, I'm very impatient...

Here are some of my ladies. Any ideas on how long I have to wait till they start laying? They're not squatting yet I don't think (not noticeably)