Search results for query: "look don't touch method"

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  1. AinaWGSD

    The Sullivan Six

    Ma'am! I'm starting to think we should call her Houdini. Apparently Apollo disagrees with the look don't touch method of integration.
  2. Mother of Chaos

    Newer pullets refuse to use coop

    Do you have a coop camera, or any other way to tell if the hens are harassing the pullets? Did you integrate the youngsters first for a few weeks with the look-don't-touch method?
  3. LJoWilly

    Lone Black Spanish Hen

    Thank you. Would I introduce the young poults over a period of time? Use a "look don't touch method?"
  4. R2elk

    Lone Black Spanish Hen

    It is always best to go the quarantine route when bringing in new poultry. New poults should be disease free already. Introducing poults to a hen can be very easy or very difficult depending on the hen. What I do is to have poults in my grow out pen. Mine are two weeks old when I move them...
  5. SamLockwood

    Chicks and Roosters

    In my experience the roosters tend to be the best ambassadors for new arrivals to the flock, but that's with some qualifiers. Said roosters didn't see any new arrivals until they were over six months old, and they had mature hens to mate with already so they tended to be pretty patient about...
  6. FrostRanger

    Chicks and Roosters

    The roos in question are immature cockerels rather than mature roosters. I'm not sure if there are hens but it doesn't sound like it although it is planned at the very least
  7. AinaWGSD

    CANIBLE CHICKENS?

    She should definitely stay separated until her wound is completely healed at the very least. When you do reintroduce her do it slowly, using a look don't touch method (keep her separated by chicken wire but in the same run space...you can even do this while she's healing). When you do...
  8. DobieLover

    Introducing New Pullet not Vaccinated

    The biggest factor in introducing this new bird to your flock is the fact that it's just a lone bird. I strongly recommend that you get at least two to introduce via the "look don't touch" method. Coccidiosis can happen whenever there is exposure either to new strains of coccidia oocysts or a...
  9. DobieLover

    Who to introduce to black sex link pullet

    Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined. I'm so sorry you lost one of your girls. I agree that getting 2 more girls about the same age, maybe a little younger, and slowly introducing them via the 'look don't touch' method for about 7 days before allowing them to intermingle will be best...
  10. LookingForSilkies

    CANIBLE CHICKENS?

    Okay thank you very much I will definitely try this, I wish I had known this before I had put her and our other rooster that hatched with her in the big coop. He was gorgeous, still feel guilty about his passing sometimes but there’s nothing I can do now so must move on. But anyways thank you...
  11. L

    Who to introduce to black sex link pullet

    Okay! I’m so nervous for her to get bullied because she was submissive and loved her sister so much. But hope the look don’t touch works out! Thank you:)
  12. Soopermum

    Intergration questions Next steps?

    Okay, I have my 6 8-10 week old chicks outside. We have been doing the look don't touch method through a fence/separate pen since the first of July. I have been letting them out of their pen and coop to free range with the adults for the last 2 weeks. The chicks hang around and in the pens and...
  13. Miss Lydia

    New Duck Being Bullied and Outcast

    Are you using the look don't touch method of introductions? It works, I took in a Buff duck whose flock was killed by dogs. I set up an x pen in the area where the ducks hang out the most and kept her there for a few days. After everyone was use to her being around I tried letting her be with...
  14. DobieLover

    found a lonely chick at night

    ...It will be very tough for her because she will be going in as a lone bird to two bonded ones so go very slowly using the "look don't touch method" for at least a week before letting them intermingle. Make sure there are multiple places with food and water, lots and lots of space with lots of...
  15. loofa

    New Duck Being Bullied and Outcast

    We kept her in a pen within a pen for the first week so they were quite separated but could see and talk. Then we opened the outer pen so my little flock (of 5) could come close to her were still separated. This was for another week. Then we let her out with everyone and at first the bullying...
  16. J

    found a lonely chick at night

    i dont have a larger “box” or dog crate for her bc all stores were closed. so i put her in this small box bc it was all i have for right now. so to sum it up put her in a separate place always from my two chickens and take her care of her like normal but no contact with my other two chickens
  17. DobieLover

    adding New to established flock.

    You shouldn't have to clip wings. The new comers will learn from the established flock that they stay in the pen. After my first flock of birds had to be clipped to prevent them from flying over the gates, they acclimated to the fact they had to stay in the pen. Their wing feathers all molted...
  18. rjohns39

    Possibly adding new flock members but concerned about the transition.

    Hi and welcome to BYC :frow We're so happy you've decided to join us:ya look for the look don't touch method of integration and keep them separate until you've resolved the wry neck issue.
  19. Jcarnahan

    Possibly adding new flock members but concerned about the transition.

    Thank you for the advice!
  20. Ted Brown

    Fertilizing Eggs

    Next week I will introduce a new rooster to a flock of 16 hens; he has been quarantined for a month. I removed the original rooster 3 weeks ago in order to have the hens clear their systems. Will be my first experience introducing a new rooster and I have no idea what to expect. Some say use a...
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