flock integration

  1. Chickenlovercr

    Switching to growth food for the new chicken? Help!

    Hello! I have an ISA Brown rooster, an old chicken and 3 new ones that are 17 wks old so I'm giving the flock growth food but the new ones are getting bigger and bigger. The owner of a wildlife rescue center where I'm a volunteer gave me an amberlink pullet, or I think this is the type, I have...
    • Chickenlovercr
    • Thread
    • chicken food eggs laying feed flock behavior flock health flock integration introducing new chickens small chicken
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  2. GreatGranny

    New Gosling Babies

    I have just received 2 new babies! They are female American Buff goslings and are 4 days old! They are so cute but I was wondering... at what age should I introduce them to our existing goslings who will be 7 weeks old in three days? Lilly and Amy are very large, and even though they may not...
    • GreatGranny
    • Thread
    • age flock integration geese gosling
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Geese
  3. EverythingButTheSink

    Integrating a Tom in my Flock?

    My friend is moving and giving me her Bourbon Red Tom (He is a few years old). I currently have 9 chickens and 4 ducks who range from 5 to 9 weeks old. How should I go about integrating a Tom into my flock? Also, I would be interested in getting some hens for him, at what age can I introduce...
  4. Bugerrrr

    8 Week Old Chick with Broken Bone

    Hi everyone, we have 9 8-week-old chicks that we raised since they were 2 days old. They were raised indoors until 3 days ago when we moved them to the outdoor coop. Among them there is a brown Leghorn. She was very active, but not very people friendly. 5 days ago when I was chasing her around...
  5. M

    Introducing one hen to flock of chicks

    So I had an unfortunate event happen this week. I had a small flock of five chickens. A neighbors dog broke into my yard, then into the coop. He got all but one of my chickens. The fence has been repaired, and the coop. My co worker gave me four little bared rock chicks today. As if right now...
  6. wegotchicks

    What can’t they just get along!??

    I have 3 black star 1 year old chickens and 2 younger pullets that are about 18 weeks old. One is an Easter Egger and one is a Wyandotte. I have been trying to get the pullets into the run/coop with the older hens for about a month, and it is just not happening. I have had the pullets in a...
  7. WhatAboutBob?

    Stupid Newbie Question

    Ok. I am uncertain how to accomplish this. I just last week became the proud parent of 6 GLW pullets- 5 hatched 7/24 and 1 on 8/8... All are acclimating nicely since then. They will eat around my feet when I feed then and don’t race away off to a corner of the coop when I enter. Ok now to my...
  8. Steph S.

    Reintroducing a Chicken to the flock

    I am having an extremely hard time reintroducing a Golden Comet to my flock of 8. Here is my story: In the spring I noticed my golden comet "Peep Junior" was getting picked on by the rest of the flock. One day she had a bloody comb and an injured food and was hiding in the corner of my coop...
  9. jonig

    Can Silkies be added to an existing flock of regular sized hens?

    We are new chicken keepers. We obtained day old chicks in early May. We started with 6 but now have 4 due to a dog getting 2. They are 18 weeks old now. We have large run and coop. My son had 3 Buff Orpingtons that he didn't have time for. They are about 13 weeks old. He was not certain of...
  10. Stacifay

    When to re-integrate?

    Last week one of my girls (while they were being given free-range time) was attacked by a hawk and pretty badly injured. I was able to get to her and get the flock safely back in their enclosed area, then quickly set up an ICU area for Oprah (my injured gal) . She lost an eye in the attack, but...
  11. Lauryn229

    What Breeds Integrate Well with Plymouth Barred Rocks?

    I have a 2 year old Barred Rock. She is extremely social, intelligent, cuddly, active, a good layer, but very territorial because she is alone in the coup. She is the boss of the dogs and cats, but I want to grow the flock. I'm nervous she will be very aggressive with other hens. I have...
  12. L

    BYC Newbie w/Question RE: Reintroducing a Chick to The Flock

    Hi BYC'ers, I joined a few weeks ago because I was looking online for clues as to why one of my then 5 or 6 week old chicks (my first chickens ever) had what looked like huge boobs and found lots of very helpful information here. It turns out she, affectionately named "Booby", had an impacted...
  13. sunnychickd

    Last Hen Standing

    advice needed. We raised three chicks as first timers. One tuned out to be a rooster who we couldn't keep and sent to a rescue farm. The second..just passed away suddenly. Likelihood is that she passed away from heat stroke. We're very sad to lose her, but now we have one sweet girl left! What...
  14. portlando

    Introducing Younger Hens - HELP!

    I've been trying to introduce two younger hens (about 2.5 months old) to my existing flock. The existing flock consists of two 2.5 year old hens. For about three weeks they've been sharing a run separated in two. They can see each other all day. At night I stick the younger ones in the coup and...
  15. marenwise

    Integrated new chickens... one potential problem?

    Hello. So about 3 weeks ago I integrated two 10 week old pullets into my existing flock of 3 chickens. I did it right. I had the babies in a separate coop/run right next to the main run for 3 weeks before I let the babies into the main enclosure. I also spent a week letting the chickens meet...
    • marenwise
    • Thread
    • coop flock integration help integration new coop transition pullets run
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  16. G

    after treating coccidiosis

    Looking for advice. I received 4 young hens (10 weeks old) from my neighbor. She had already mixed the young ones with her old ones. We're putting our 4 new ones in a separate run until they get a little bigger. A day later we noticed one of them had blood in her stool. We gave that one back...
    • Girls only
    • Thread
    • advice antibotics baby chickens coccidiosis disease flock flock integration health healthy chickens new chickens
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  17. Freebirdfarm

    Chicken integration plan

    I was planning to give my friend two of my Rhode Island Reds, since I am moving soon and need to thin my flock. She has two adult chickens, and my chickens are also fully grown. She has ample room to accomodate the two new chickens, I'm just wondering if they will fight. Her two are females...
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