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    🐓🐓Flock Integration Advice

    Hello chicken enthusiasts! Back in April, I was only able to get two barred rock (due to some specific circumstances). I had them in the run for a few weeks, so that they would know that it was their home and such. My older flock, free ranges and would come and go from the run as they would...
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    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  2. Phantom_k9

    Need help integrating chickens to our flock

    Hello! So we have three different birds that we need to integrate into our main flock. Two of the three hens are good friends with each other, and the other is a mother hen who is raising three chicks (however, she has all but decided that they can take care of themselves). The mother hen used...
  3. snkjohnson

    Separate 8 week old chicks from flock?

    Is it really necessary to keep new chicks quarantined for a while when integrating them into an established flock? I have four 5 week old chicks and three 4 week old chicks, and then an established flock of eight 9 month old chickens. Chicks are still in the brooder but will need to go to the...
  4. Thesweetbirdsflock

    *Update* integrating our pullets

    Abby (circled) and Katie Ruby Betty Daisy (the reason her back is circled is because I was worried that the slant of those feathers might mean she’s a roo) I had asked a couple months ago tips on combining chicks with adults. Well, today is the day. We will be buying live crickets...
  5. spiritpots

    pullet roosting question for tonight

    Hello! I have a quick question... I've been integrating 3 new pullets (now 16-17 weeks old) to my existing flock of 3 chickens. I've been following the recommended steps and today has been the first day I put them all together in the same enclosed run after free ranging. Things are going very...
  6. Soto Hobby Farm

    When can I free range a newly integrated flock?

    Hi there! I have just integrated two flocks together and now have 13 chickens in the same barn and pen. They’ve been together for about 5 days. They still don’t interact much and tend to stick to their own. I’d like to go back to free ranging them at least for a few hours in the evening...
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