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  1. cherylcohen

    Introduced 2 new hens and it's not going well....need advice please

    thanks for the great read! We're trying a combo of a few things, right new the queen chickens are away from the others, but they can still see them and be seen. The others now all seem to be playing fairly nicely together :0)
  2. cherylcohen

    Introduced 2 new hens and it's not going well....need advice please

    The dynamics are truly fascinating. My RIR seems to be queen #1, Wheaton Ameraucana #2, Gold laced wyandotte #3 (these are all the elders by a few weeks!) and then the newest queen #4 is the Columbian Wyandotte...but then just when I think I've got it figured out the blue wyandotte pecks the...
  3. cherylcohen

    Introduced 2 new hens and it's not going well....need advice please

    Just came back from letting everyone out. The new orpington was on a roost next to the others but the scared little cuckoo maran was huddled in the laying box. I let them all out and it was fine for a bit but then the queens of the pen started laying into them. So I've put them in their...
  4. cherylcohen

    Introduced 2 new hens and it's not going well....need advice please

    Long story short..We started our flock with 4 hens - now 4 months, We loved them so much we felt we needed more so we went to a fabulous local breeder and were supposed to get 2 more and ended up getting 4!!! So here we are now with a total of 8! we lost our orpigton to mareks - it was horrible...
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