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  1. Sinadrea

    Integrating a rescue duck?

    Hello, I don't know much about ducks and took home a rescue Crested Duck today. I also didn't know what type of special care those ducks will need yet, but through brief websurfing, I now know I will need to prepare. Would I quarantine him and can I add him to a regular chicken coop? I made a...
  2. A

    Silkie survived hawk attack, any treatment/re-integration tips?

    Two silkies were attacked today, second one only lost a few feathers and was fine but this one.. all I found was this massive pile of feathers and one bloody feather and she was missing for most of the day. Spent hours searching everywhere, under every nook and cranny - figured the hawk carried...
  3. G

    Integrating 6-8 week old hens with 5 month old hens with 1 rooster

    Any suggestions as to how to bring these newbies in with the 5 month olds?
  4. A

    Integration Struggle at Range Time

    I have 7 cinnamon queens that are 12 weeks old. We’ve been trying to integrate since they were 5 weeks old. We did the usual intro with the queens in a crate in the run, then some together run time. They roost together just fine at night but they are still bullied by the hens. They aren’t...
  5. MegsAndFeatheredFriends

    Integrating bantams into a flock of sussex & orps

    I'm considering getting pekin bantams but I'm concerned that it may be a bad idea due to their size compared to the size of my current 3 pullets: 1 orpington, 2 sussex. Let me know if this is a doable feat or if I need to abandon ship. I don't want them to get picked on :( I am also ordering...
  6. Liz-6

    Integrating just 1 mean chicken

    A friend who had two chickens lost one to a raccoon attack, leaving her 6 yr old austrolorp with PTSD. She was afraid and not happy so I agreed to adopt her. I assumed she’d get bullied by my flock of 8, but committed to giving adoption a shot. To my surprise, she’s been extremely aggressive...
  7. ChicksofHeaven

    Integration completion question

    Hi! I have integrated two new pullets with my two RIR hens by putting the pullets in the lower part (caged area of TSC coop— the coop is in a building enclosure) while the hens go in the hen house/roosting area. They free range together ish during the day. Now one pullet is laying, the other is...
  8. Airyaman

    I've actually never integrated chickens into a flock until last night

    So I had 7 Black Australorps, with 5 boys and 2 girls. I took the boys to auction (that was before I found out one of my other flocks has Marek's so no more auctions in the future 😩) and the two girls had been all by themselves...until last night. They were out free ranging and I let my evening...
  9. H

    Integrating to flock when on different foods

    Hi folks. I have two laying hens, both 3 years old or so, and recently got two young Jersey Giants to join them. They are maybe 4.5 months old and are doing well. One could be a bit younger, it still makes a cheeping sound. I have them separated from my older ladies and on grower food. I'd like...
  10. Iluveggers

    Integration after tragedy

    I have a group of hens aged 1-4 years old. In an parallel run with smaller coop I was housing eight 10 week old chicks, one cockerel and 7 pullets. We got home stuck out and got home shortly after dusk one night, and found 6 of the young pullets had been killed. Just one pullet and the cockerel...
  11. Z

    Integrating chicks

    ...old enough to stick up for themselves? (Honestly, Mom is lowest on the pecking order and will still run from the dominant hen). Do I try integration at night with the babies, or should I put the orphan out with everyone during the day? I'm probably putting way too much into this, but it's...
  12. BonnieBlue

    Integrating New Pullets

    Now that I have my two girls moved to their new coop, it is time to start putting things together to add a couple of pullets. I have a 16'x60' run and in one corner I am going to put my old coop (4'x4') with a 4'x8' run attached to it. I will use this to keep two new girls (approx 6 months)...
  13. ChickenChick46

    Integration Questions

    In not sure if this is where this question goes. I'm sorry if not! I've got 2 groups of bantams. The first group is 5 weeks old and is 4 chicks. The second group is also 4 chicks, but maybe 2 weeks old. When I got the second group just over a week ago, I put them in a separate brooder. For...
  14. Q

    Integrating small duckling into rest of my flock

    Have a 2week old duckling that we had to help hatch and has been in our house in a box with a brooder heater, stuffed animal and mirror. The other siblings are twice the size, so we have not felt comfortable putting him outside with them, Mom and Dad. When should we start supervised visits...
  15. S

    Integration Questions

    I have slowly been integrating a new flock of 8 to my original 7. The older 7 are 6 months old, the younger 8 are 12 weeks. They started separate but seeing, now we are all in the same space all day and i have been getting them all used to being in the coop at night together. My question is...
  16. LakeGirlHens

    Problem Integrating chicks

    I have a small flock of 3 hens. I got 3 chicks (sapphire gem, Americana and Easter Egger) 5/20/25. Around 7/4/25, I integrate the chicks into the run using the “see no touch method” keeping the chicks safe with hardware cloth protecting them from the 3 hens. 2 hens (Barred Rock and Leghorn) are...
  17. S

    Chicken integration; follow up question

    Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I posted here about temporary housing for my new chickens for integration purposes. I've bought a wire dog crate and my new chickens (brahmas) have been living in there since last week Wednesday. Both them and my chickens have been vaccinated so I've not done...
  18. mookietown

    Integrating

    I have 7 mature hens age 2 -3 years old separate from 5 pullets and one cockerel (not planned) all 16 weeks. The problem at the moment is that the cockerel (Bullet) has become a bit hormonal and is pulling feathers, mounting and chasing the pullets who are not mature yet. My question is.. 1...
  19. L

    Integration problems

    I have been working on integrating my older flock of 7 who are 16 weeks old with my younger flock of 5 who are now 10 weeks old since the younger ones were 2 weeks old. They were inside the coop in their own space where older ones could see them. Over time, the younger ones were in a dog crate...
  20. I

    Integrating new chicks

    So i have 4 laying hens all around 23-24 weeks i believe and a new batch of an addition 4 all 6 weeks as of today. I have had them outside in a seperate cage attached to the chickens run separated by wire. I put them out there around the 2nd of august so they have been put out their since they...
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