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  1. ValerieLovesChickens

    I introduced an 8 week old cockerel to 11 pullets...

    Yeah, it's much harder to integrate just one, because they can single him out. Once all their maturity (not age) levels are near equal, it will be easier. Hang in there, it took me 6 weeks to integrate 3 pullets with another 6 pullets that were only a month apart in age.
  2. ValerieLovesChickens

    I introduced an 8 week old cockerel to 11 pullets...

    Yes definitely let them free range together. That will help him to become integrated into the flock more quickly. Also, when he does finally get to roost with them at night, I wanted to be sure that you know, roosters prefer to perch alone, on the highest roost bar, watching over their flock. I...
  3. ValerieLovesChickens

    I introduced an 8 week old cockerel to 11 pullets...

    I really feel like you introduced him physically way too fast. Your girls are a flock and he is a stranger. I know it's hard to see them in a crate, with the girls, but there is a reason we all introduce new strange chickens this way, to an established flock. If it were me, I would just start...
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