I did what you said yesterday and separated them, but at night the RIR's hogged the coop and wouldn't let the new girls in. And all of them want to be in the coop because its winter and 30 degrees farenhieght up here and theres a heat lamp in there.
Thanks for the info, but its 10:30 am and i already let them spend the night together, is it too late to separate them? Also take a look at the crappy diagram attached, they both need access to the coop, but there is only one door. Should i make another before splitting it down the middle...
I didn't quarantine, im sure they don't have any diseases, i got them all from the same guy. He said they are all laying (and thats what i paid for). Im in columbus ohio, and i have had three possom attacks three nights in a row. Though i'll have you know they all left with bullet riddled bodies...
I've had 3 normally laying rhode island red hens, and i just added 2 barred rocks and 1 buff orphington. Obviously, they started pecking each other, mainly the rhode island reds (Hot Sauce, Princess Carolyn, and Lady Peckinpaw) were the ones doing the pecking. So when are they going to finish...
Me and my brother got 3 rhode island red hens in april 2018, and we just got 3 new chickens to add to our flock. 2 bardrocks and 1 buff orphington. I just have a ton of question about the pecking order, laying conditions (they're probably gonna stop because of all of the stress), and when to get...