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  1. S

    New chicken mom here with a quick question about integrating new chicks

    Hi there! I am new to chicken keeping, but so far everything has been great and I love my girls! I have 4 Wyandottes and 3 light brahmas that just starting laying about a month ago and when TSC gave me an offer I couldn't refuse (chicken math 😅) I brought home 6 Americanas who are now 10 weeks...
  2. Janhill

    To Rehome or not? Help please!

    We are new chicken parents and have 14 chickens- 4 that are about 15 weeks old old and the other 10 are about 12 weeks old the first 4 are 2 Barred Rocks and 2 Rhode Island Reds , and the younger ones are 1 polish girl, 1 mottled Houdon, 1 Salmon Faverorelle 2 black Astrolorpes, 2 Buff...
  3. Chicks Creek

    Flock integration

    In your experience how long does integration take? I've got 5 pullets hatched between May 20 - June 24 that I'm integrating into my flock of 6 laying hens who were born around April 2. They've all been near each other all summer separated only by a fence so they could see each other. They have...
  4. J

    Integrating 8 and 5 week old chicks

    I have 8 speckled Sussex that are 8 weeks old in my coop and in a seperate grow pen sharing a wire wall I have 5 blue splash marans that are 4.5 weeks. The splash’s are growing quick but are still only about half the size of the Sussex. What is the best age to incorporate into one coop and any...
  5. T

    Flocks not integrating

    Help, my original flock of five 3.5 year old eastereggers will not let the new flock of 4 integrate. We did all the methods I've read about. They shared the large outdoor space separated by chicken wire for over 2 months, we only provided treats at the fence line. I brought each older chicken...
  6. M

    How best to integrate hen into new young flock?

    Hi all! I need advice on integrating my last surviving hen from my first flock into my new young flock. My hen was lowest rung girl and bullied in her old flock. She out survived them and I now have 8 seven week old pullets to merge her into. I picked more docile breeds hoping they’d be not as...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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?
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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)...
  19. AnneGirlGG

    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...
  20. 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...
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