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  1. Q

    Integrating new birds?

    I’ve been thinking about raising a few more quail to get my egg production up a little bit.Once new birds are old enough to go in with the current birds, should I make a divider in their enclosure and let them get used to each other then after a few days remove the divider? I know how...
  2. S

    Confused about sleeping arrangement when integrating chicks

    So I have 2 older hens already and am getting ready to integrate 5 little ones (5 weeks old). I have a large dog crate that I'm intending to use for the look-don't-touch part inside the run and/or during free ranging. What I'm confused about is how do I get the little ones to sleep in the coop...
  3. H

    Help Integrating Blind Goose

    Hello! I love this forum, it has truly been ultimate resource for a first time duck and goose mom. So I have a blind goose who is bonded with 2 ducklings who are all about 3 months old. She relies on them to guide her around (it’s really sweet and amazing, they truly look out for her). We got...
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  4. thecatumbrella

    Integration Behaviors

    ...from the baby feeder, despite having the exact same food six inches behind them. I decided to toss some pellets around the outside of the integration pen for them to forage, which diffused the situation except for one pullet... Her face turned beet red and she started gearing up to kick at...
  5. F

    Integrating chick with crooked toe/splint

    I hatched swedish flower hens about a week ago and have 6 that were normal and 1 that required assistance out of the shell (I feel I waited too long to intervene, this is the first time I've hatched eggs). The one that needed help out of the shell had curled toes that somewhat straightened out...
  6. DuckDuckSook

    Integrating new turkey hen(s) to small flock

    Hello Friends! I'm considering adding a new hen or two to my existing small turkey flock. I currently have 1 Tom and 2 hens. Any pointers? I've integrated chicks and chickens many many times. This would be my first time with turkeys. Is it similar? What can I expect? Should I even bother? Thanks.
  7. M

    How to integrate to flock with momma hen

    I have four week old chicks that are still separated from the flock along with the momma hen. When do I let the momma hen out of the run and back with the flock? I still see them under her at night but during the day they are just out in the run portion.
  8. T

    Integration

    I have some chickens that are about 6-7 weeks and some that are 4-5 weeks all of which are about the same size except my roo whom is a little younger. I have them separated and able to see and smell each other. And I'm sure they've been able to smell each other for weeks now. How long do i need...
  9. hnorth

    Question On Integrating a Broody and Her Chicks

    I have a 1st time broody sitting on 9 marked eggs in a small cardboard wine box on the floor of the main coop. It is day 10 of her sitting and she seems like she is in it for the long haul. In addition, she has an "assistant" or helper hen, who sits on her eggs whilst she is off the nest. The...
  10. Appalachickens

    Integrating three ages of chicks.

    Okay, I know this wasn't the most well-thought out chicken acquisition plan, but so it goes. I have four five-week-old chicks who just moved to a dog crate that is open to an area that includes an A-frame brooder with four 1-week old chicks. The older one are very curious and frequently watch...
  11. IdyllwildAcres

    Integrated two flocks today

    Hi all, So I have been maintaining two flocks at two properties for the last couple of years with the idea of transitioning the chicken operations, chickening to one place eventually. So early this year I started the setup by enlarging form the original 120SF hoop house run to 1200SF of...
  12. K

    Integrating chicks or had coccidiosis

    Hi! Months ago I got silkies from a local farm who had and gave my chicks coccidiosis. I currently have a flock outside and my new coop comes next week- my question is regarding integrating them! My chicks were fully treated, the silkies came from a place that didn’t vaccinate or treat chickens...
  13. B

    Mother Hen Won’t Return to Coop- Help!

    Hello!! I have a mother hen who hatched chicks 1.5 weeks ago in a shared coop. Presently, I am having difficulty with the sleeping arrangements. My current set up is a coop attached to an enclosed run. During the day, the door is left open so they can free range. When they all return to the...
  14. C Siena

    Integrating 1 clutch followed by 2nd clutch. Remove cage?

    With all the wonderful advise on this site the first chicks 7 wks now, are integrated. 2+wks see no touch. Okay, I could have accomplished this sooner. They are sleeping on top of their cage/brooder for a couple of nights But should I remove the cage? I want to bring the 3.5 wk chicks to the...
  15. N

    Integrating new hens 1 at a time.

    I have a 2 hen "flock" where both are 1 year old (orpington and bc maran). Just got 3 from a friend and they are 2 years old (EE, G. wyandotte, sapphire gem). Im wanting to integrate and was thinking putting 1 at a time over to my original flock starting with the most submissive hen. They have...
  16. C Siena

    2 flocks, integrating chicks into one of them, in process.

    We have 2 flocks/2 coops and everyone free ranges daily. Flock 1 is 1 roo and 9 hens ages 11 months to 22 months. #2 is 1 roo and 8 hens, 11 months. Everyone gets along for the most part. Oldest roo (almost 2) does not want the other roo/cockerel too close sometimes. We have 6 pullets, 6 weeks...
  17. S

    Who to integrate

    Hi everyone. I have a flock of 4 adult chickens (one very well behaved and very handsome rooster and three hens). The rooster and one hen are Gauloise Dorée and the other two hens are North Holland Blues (I live in France, so a European flavour to the chickens here!) I also now have 4 chicks...
  18. P

    Integration, run clutter, toys and a safe veggie feeder

    ...basically all the time, so other birds weren't happy with her. Once we rehomed bullies, she only makes sounds to communicate. So far integration is going well, and I'm trying to not fret as they establish their pecking order. With nearly five years with only a few birds in a large run and...
  19. F

    Integrating new chickens to the flock

    I'm hearing conflicting information on this when I Google it, so I thought I'd bring it here. I have a coop with 13 mature hens (no roosters) in it and I'm trying to decide if I can integrate my 6 younger hens to the flock yet. The younger hens are 10 weeks old and have been living in a large...
  20. redinator

    Integration; phase one complete . . .what's next?

    Here's the information on my chicks: in the large run: 4, 11 week old BYMs - two cockerels and two pullets in the chick pen (inside the run): 2, 4 week old chicks, a Maran mix cockerel, and a Buff Orpington looking like a pullet, but still young; and last, but defiantly not least . . .17, 3...
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