Okay so they got on JUST FINE with the new chick. Looks like taking out the cockerel and replacing with the new pullet that same day, within hours helped. I also threw them a snack to keep busy after I put in the new peep in the cat panel!
Tomorrow they will move to the new extension with a...
omg this was easier than I thought! They assimilated right away without any issues. I think removing the cockerel and replacing with the new one on the same day might have worked.
Hello, I have a complicated situation.
- One old Aracauna, about 8 years old in the main coop.
- 4 Australorp chicks inside the house in a brooder now spending daily time in a closed cat panel structure in full visibility of the old hen.
- Old hen occasionally free ranged and around the cat...