adding chickens to flock

  1. saving grace

    Are Silkies a Good Fit for My Flock?

    Hello! I have some questions regarding silkies and if they would be a good fit for my flock or not. I currently have 16 chickens (5 RSL hens, 10 EE hens and one EE rooster). My plan for next spring is to add some black copper marans to the flock, cull the EE rooster (he's a whimp :hmm), and keep...
  2. K

    Looking desperately to adopt 2 hens

    We very recently lost one of our two remaining rescue hens, and are desperately looking for two more in the SF Bay Area. Our one hen is about 4 years old, we think. The only hens available locally are newly hatched. Is that too young to add to our flock of one 4 year old? Also, any leads on 2...
    • kgm
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    • adding baby chicks to flock adding chickens to flock rescue
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. 5

    How to seperate young brooder pair?

    Hi everyone! :frow I currently have 4 RIR hens named Carole, Pinky, Minnie and Big Betty who are all healthy ladies just over a year old and 3 younger Lavender Orps new to the flock as of this year: one a 5 month old roo named Teddybudz a.k.a. "Trouble" and the other 2 are brooder pair named...
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    • adding chickens to flock brooder pair coop additions flock additions lavender orpington lavender orpingtons pair pecking order rhode island red seperating broods
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    • Forum: New Member Introductions
  4. M

    First time adding new hens and a Roo

    I acquired 4 hens a few months ago and they are a few years old. They are fairly large red sex links. Today I added 3 new 1 year old chickens. 1 roo and 2 hens. They are bantam Cochins. One of my rsl is really aggressive and is fighting the roo kind of aggressively it seems. Tonight I went to...
  5. H

    Adding Silkies or Polish Crested to small existing flock

    Hello! I’m new here and pretty new to chickens. We got 5 baby chicks this past year in August and they are doing really well and we’re really enjoying them. We are considering adding a few chicks to our flock this spring and adding them in with the others once they’re old enough/big enough. I...
  6. CalBickieMomma

    Help with an Aggressive Hen Problem

    Hello chicken peeps! So here is the situation: I have a mixed flock of 3 month old pullets (9 girls), one cockerel (I hope), and a Guinea fowl (a male from what I can tell) who have been living in the coop/run for several weeks now. My older girl (Alice, a 6 year old Barred Rock) was in an...
  7. JennyFromTheBawk

    Integrating new pullets/roo

    i have 16 pullets and 7 Roos (one Roo I won’t be butchering; probably a buff orp) and I want to start incorporating them into my existing flock of 11 ISA Brown and 2 Orpington hens (lav and black x buff) and 2 Orpington roosters (lav and a black that I will be having for dinner in the next...
  8. gagirl02

    What more could I have done?

    I purchased a young hen and two pullets from another backyard chicken owner. When I got them home I separated them in another pen from my established flock. They were about 250 feet apart. The day after I got them one of the pullets started sneeting, slinging her head with clear liquid coming...
  9. Thepriceofbeauty

    Adding a new baby in with 4 others

    Hey guys, I recently became a new chicken mom to 2 black Australorps (12 days old), 1 Sapphire Gem (9 days old) , and and Americana (9 days old). One of my good friends is trying to live vicariously through me, and would like to gift me a silkie tomorrow :jumpy Is it possible to add to my...
  10. BrandonMcfly

    Sexed chicks? & red sex link compatibility

    Hello I have to red sex link girls & i was thinking of adding a 3rd girl so I was wondering are there any type of other breed that can be easily sexed when chicks ? Also what kind of breeds of chicken would get along with the red sex links I have read people say they are an aggressive breed...
  11. Tippy Toes

    2yo Girl brutal to new 6month old chicken

    I have had some bad luck with my four chickens and very recently, my flock became just one in number. My old girl, Pearl, a Coronation Sussex (very large) free ranges my small backyard and takes herself off to bed in the coop each night. My yard is fully fenced so I have no problem with foxes or...
  12. R

    Two hens, some blood, one winner.

    Hello, I have had chickens for years and this fall I lost all but one to predators. I didn't want the remaining chicken to be lonely, so I went against my better judgement and bought a year old hen to put with my 3 year old Americana. The new chicken is a small, docile, red hen with a clipped...
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