flock integration

  1. Aunt Tat

    Introducing Newbies

    Greetings all! It's been an eventful year. One of original girls had some kind of over dose of calcium that caused problems near her ovary and pooping. We got her into the vet just in time. To the tune of $500. 2 wks later, she'd been killed by a racoon. Her buddy, a broody Barnevelder called...
  2. N

    Moral support needed.

    I have been introducing my 9 week old pullets to my hens slowly. For a little over a week now, they've been kept in the same run, divided by a baby gate designed for folks with cats (it's 4.5 ft tall), and I've been putting the pullets back in their brooder box and moving them to the garage at...
  3. LilHitzel

    Too Soon?

    Did I make a mistake? I had to rehome two accidental roosters, and was given a hen that is the same age as my flock of 5 girls. I had her in a dog cage against the main run, and they seemed interested but weren’t acting up. She was terrified and trying to get in with them, slamming herself...
  4. D

    Polish babies with 4 month old Silkies

    I am a newbie here! Got four silkies about 4 months ago. I believe I have 3 hens and 1 roo (but obviously cant be sure, but I am 99% sure). We got 3 polish hens today. My question is, what is the best way to integrate the polish hens with the silkies and when should I do it? The chicks are...
  5. ghostrocknroll

    Introducing pullets to a single chicken?

    A coyote got to my flock and I was left with one 9-month-old (Salem). This weekend I am going to pick up two 4-month-old pullets. My question is should I keep them separate initially as I have done with chicks in the past, or would it be okay to introduce the pullets to the same coop since Salem...
  6. sqatkins

    Experimental Integration

    I have read that you shouldn't try to integrate a single bird into an established flock. Naturally, that is exactly what I am attempting to do. My hatchery order of a few layer pullets and 21 meat birds included two extra chicks. One of the extras was another meat bird (long since in our...
  7. SophiaLinn

    how do you feed laying hens and pullets under 18 weeks in the same coop?

    So we’re getting more chicks in march and i’ve been doing a lot of research about how to safely integrate new pullets into an existing flock. But one thing I can’t seem to find info on is how you feed the calcium layer feed to the hens and grower to the pullets when they’re in the same coop? We...
  8. BzKneez

    Coop Dynamics question

    I need some advice about what to do about a new rooster attacking an older hen. Here's the coop scoop :) I had two Auracana hens that are about 4. I purchased six chicks in February. Two of each: Easter Eggers, Buff Orppingtons and Silkie Bantams. All guaranteed to be hens except for silkies...
    • BzKneez
    • Thread
    • flock additions flock behavior flock integration rooster attack rooster behavior rooster behavior flock separation rooster silkie
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  9. Dfarago

    Mixing poultry

    My husband and I currently have Muscovies and are building a big aviary for them. But we want to expand our flock once the poultry ban lifts (we live just outside the quarantine zone but can’t travel into town without going through it) and we would like a variety of birds. What kind of poultry...
    • Dfarago
    • Thread
    • ducks and chickens flock building flock integration muscovey turkey
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  10. BrahmaMom1797

    Moving Coops Questions

    Hello!! I have two hens, a Swedish Flower hen and a barred rock hen that are just gonna be too big to keep with my little birds. I have a little spot in my coop I could keep them in the morning and at night that could hopefully get them used to my other hens and the other big hens to them. I...
  11. Dfarago

    Muscovy duck intergration

    I have a pen with three Muscovies, one drake and two ducks. I have a duck in the pen next to them with my three chickens and rooster. The duck seems to get along with them. I was considering putting the solo duck in with the three in the neighbor pen but want to make sure I do it right. They’ve...
    • Dfarago
    • Thread
    • aggression flock hierarchy flock integration muscovey muscovies
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. F

    Flock acceptance of 6 week old chick

    Recently one of my hens hatched an egg, and has been raising the chick in the company of our other 2 hens. The chick is now about 6 weeks old, however, I wonder about the flock acceptance of the new arrival. The mother hen has been making the "mothering cluck" before she hatched, but recently...
  13. DallasLoneStar

    Advice adding two new pullets to flock of 5

    Hi everyone, i am new to BYC and to chickens. We have had five birds for two weeks (acquired at 8 weeks of age): two Easter Eggers and one each Welsummer, New Hampshire, and Barred Rock. I just got two 14 week old white leghorns last night. I have read a lot about introducing new hens etc but...
    • DallasLoneStar
    • Thread
    • flock integration integrating integrating birds integrating chickens leghorn leghorns pullets
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  14. L

    Integrating Hen Cliques

    Hello, We've been keeping chickens for at least 8 years now. We've had some chickens pass away and have added pullets from the local grange to our flock without problem. The last introduction went particularly well; we divided the run under the coop with puppy fencing and the two new girls were...
  15. H

    Help! Integrating 7 week old chicks/new hen

    So long story short, I had a nice flock of 5 hens. 3 Buffs and 2 cinnamon queens (sex link). My girls are about 2 years old. My partner and I split up and couldn't agree on who got the chickens so we split them. I took my favorite Buff and Queen. The Queen was attacked by a dog when she was...
    • holystuff
    • Thread
    • chick aggression chicken 8 weeks chicks flock behavior flock integration flock managment hen agression peck order fighting pecking order separating from flock
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  16. KrysMT

    Introducing chicks and new coop

    I wasn’t sure where to post this question and couldn’t find where is has been asked before. I have 6 chicks who are 6 weeks old and 6 hens who will be a year old in September. I will be introducing the chicks into the flock after my new coop is built. My new coop will probably be able to hold...
  17. Rooster_Tyranny

    Has anyone ever just "thrown them in" when integrating new birds into a flock?

    Here me out. I have 5 grown hens, and four 5-7 week old chicks that are currently outside. I have PLENTY of space, the run is 18/24 feet. When I took the chickies outside I thought that before I put them in their cage in the run I should just plop them down with the other birds and observe...
  18. Khalpers

    Should I adopt this bantam?

    Hi! I'm looking for advice today. Last Thursday, a chicken was running amuck downtown in Nashville, where I work. I live in a more residential part of the city, and I have a small backyard flock of five. Animal Control caught the chicken after lots of drama (including her flying a half block...
    • Khalpers
    • Thread
    • adoption chicken behavior flock integration integration mixed flock old english game bantam pecking order
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  19. BamburghFarms

    We are newbies and I need chick help!!

    Two Questions from a chicken newbie: - I’m in Ohio, I have six 6 week old chicks inside and want them to go outside when they can but obviously it’s getting cold at night some nights right now here... lower than 20 is normal for this time of year... when can they safely go in with the main...
  20. Denverhomestead

    Integrating a single pullet into flock

    Hi everyone! I've had chickens for about 5 years, currently have two 5year old RIRs. One of them is a bit of a bully. I purchased 3 chicks this summer, but 2 died, sadly, of different causes, we think. (I dropped the 2nd one off for necropsy). So now, i have 1 lone aericauna pullet left...
    • Denverhomestead
    • Thread
    • bully bully hen flock behavior flock integration flock management isolation necropsy pullet pullet death single chicken
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
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