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  1. P

    DUCK INTRODUCTIONS - HELP

    Hi there! We have 1 female and 1 male muscovy duck and this weekend we decided to get another to help with the ratio a bit however, they are being quite mean to her. We put her in to see how they would react and they kept biting her neck and feathers. I read that this may be normal but I have...
    • peepnpato
    • Thread
    • duck integradingflocks muscovy new duck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. Orit

    Could flock integration issues interfere with pullets starting to lay eggs?

    I have been managing a flock integration issue for a few months now (and have posted about it and discussed with others on the thread), but I am not writing about that this time, rather about something related. My pullets (there are 3 of them), who are now a little older than 20 weeks, have not...
  3. josh117

    Pinless Peeper- Smaller Size???

    I am trying to get my Silver-Laced Wyandotte, Prudence, and two other hens to be friendly to my new girls and hopefully integrate them, but the older hens keep pecking and terrorizing the new girls. I decided to turn to the Pinless Peepers. They fit on my other two hens, but not on Prudence. She...
  4. Soleil_A

    introducing bantams

    hi! can someone please give me like a day-by- day schedule for introducing two new bantam chicks? my flock consists just of a ISA brown and a rhode island white. both hens. i’m hoping to be able to add my two new bantam chick, that are somewhere around 6-8 weeks. i don’t know their exact age...
  5. Blazel

    Introducing two hens - how to make them friends

    Hey there, This is a bit of an odd post, I know my partner and I are a bit abnormal when it comes to our pet chickens, but we would really appreciate some advice. We recently lost one of our two girls, Stella, had to be euthanized due to old age and multiple health complications decreasing her...
    • Blazel
    • Thread
    • chicken friends friend hen agression integradingflocks integrating chickens social aspect of chickens social need of a chicken
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  6. Ladder - Build Up

    Ladder - Build Up

    The chicks were just about ready to get out the safety of their nursery on the front porch and join the other birds in the coop. I would’ve preferred there be more space in the coop to accommodate the growing flock but that is not an option at the moment. I assumed the first few days would be...
    • BlueEarChicken
    • Article
    • 2 min read
    • chick coop space integradingflocks ladder roosts ladders
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Member Pages
  7. Melenae

    When will my stressed hen start laying again?

    I have two 1 year old hens that have been together since day one. We recently got 2 new girls (about 4 months old) that were introduced about 5 weeks ago. My wyandotte has always been sensitive and stops laying at the drop of a hat. But she hasn't laid for a solid 5 weeks. She's not molting, has...
  8. MaggieH031

    Introducing Chicks to flock

    Hey all! So I have been raising 6 new chicks in a brooder in my home. It has been exceptionally cold here and today was the first nice day we had. So I put my chicks in an enclosed dog kennel next to my hens run. My hens didn't act aggressive at all (they bitched for about 15 mins though). Then...
  9. Mcse4u

    How to best raise new chicks into existing flock?

    I have 5 hens around 2 years old now, including one Easter egger who has gone broody for the 3rd time in a year. I’m going to be adding 6 new chicks to the flock. I live in upstate NY, so the weather is cooler here than the norm. My question is, should I raise the chicks inside for a few...
  10. Roley

    Integrating Adopted Hen

    Hi all, I currently have 4 chickens 2x @ 4.5 weeks (Black Australorp) 2x @ 1.5 weeks (Buff Orpington & Barred Rock). My neighbor had 7 hens, recently they encountered a raccoon attack leaving one lone chicken behind (we call her survivor), whom also happens to be a Barred Rock. She loves coming...
  11. Melindasoo

    Help! What to do with one lonely chicken

    i got two baby chicks in September.. they grew up together and bonded.. I also have seven fulled grown hens who all get along.. I was planning on integrating my now 4 month old babies with the rest. I put a small coop next to the big run and they were getting to know one another just fine...
  12. My1stChickens

    Combining hens & new pullets-- who did not have a perfect quarantine

    Background: I have six hens that are 4 years old or older, established flock. Recently I bought six pullets, approx. 6 months old. They are about the same size as the grown hens. I put the six new girls in a chicken tractor for quarantine. Within a few days, one was showing respiratory...
  13. jess924

    How do I integrate in one lone chicken??

    My neighbor and I purchased chicks back together in May...unfortunately we both lost one each because of hawks...she was down to 2...I had to cull one that was sickly and not healing adequately...bringing my count to 2....just this week she lost one to an unknown predator...hers free range all...
  14. Gravey

    Integrating Quail question

    We're new to raising quail or any birds from eggs. Our first batch of quail chicks hatched about 5 weeks ago. The heat lamps are off and I'm looking to put them outside in the quail pen. There are 15 in this batch and 15 existing adults. The pen is a 6X12 dog kennel with mesh netting and...
    • Gravey
    • Thread
    • integradingflocks quail quail breeding quail chick
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Quail
  15. H

    Transitioning my Bantam Rooster and two Golden Sexlink hens

    I'm working on having them in with my Rhode Island girls in the next three weeks. My Bantam Rooster is a big chicken, and I absolutely mean the pun. I let them out together yesterday, and he stood his ground with one of my Rhode Island Red girls. The bigger hen back off, and went about her own...
  16. T

    Pullet and hens food integration

    Hello I'm new to the chicken community and I have I a rather small flock, four hens to be exact. I started my chicken flock when I found a chicken in the woods, believe it or not, so I rescued her. There are no forms in the community and when I call the SPCA conservation in my area they said it...
    • TayRae
    • Thread
    • chick chicken feed food grower feed hen integradingflocks integrate layer feed pullet
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  17. S

    Integration - tripling my current flock - issues

    I know there are hundreds of posts about integrating which I've tried to wade through but I might need some specific help if possible... I have had 5 ex free-range commercial hybrid chickens since last august, housed at night in a coop that would take 6-8, and totally free range round ¼ acre...
  18. ChickenGirl555

    Integration - No longer a Panick!

    I would first of all like to thank all of the people that helped me, @aart @Mrs. K @drumstick diva @chickens really and many more!! I hve posted many times and this is my last one. (I know you’ll miss all of my annoying multiple threads Aart! ;)) I haven’t been able to supervise the integration...
  19. HerbsAndSpice

    Bullying, Mixed breeds, integrating newbies HELP!

    Hi Friends! We’ve had our original three chickens since they hatched in April. All came from the same hatch, but are a “barnyard mix” — “Pecker” (named by my three-year-old! ) resembles a Columbian Wyandotte (or maybe a Brahma but without feathered feet), “Pepper” resembles a Black Australorp...
  20. Feeneychickie

    Cannot integrate silkie & frizzle :(

    My 9 big girls will have none of my younger 4 month old little silkie and frizzle girls. I have tried everything, including hanging out at free range time, a mini coop for them within the coop, and items to escape behind. This past weekend I tried again, only to find my frizzle bloody and almost...
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