I've had chickens long enough to know there will certainly be some "pecking order" established with the new birds if they were introduced with the rest of the group. I was hoping to wait until they were older before puttin them in with the rest of the chickens. I am not quite free range in...
Two months ago we bot 7 Deleware chicks and slipped them under a brooding hen who immediately took them as her own. All seven are doing well and are with "mom" in a seperate pen from the other chickens. Today "mom" layed her first egg and clearly wants to be back in the coop with the rest of...