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  1. Twoleggedmotherhen

    Full Integration started this morning

    Full integration started this morning. Been 3 hours with a little pecking. Put hiding places with escape routes. 2 feeders & 3 waterers. Closed the small coop so they couldn't get trapped in there. Had hose ready if it was needed. Henny & Penny are 12.5 weeks old, Lily (head hen), Carnation and...
  2. BamburghFarms

    Integrating 2 flocks from two separate farms w/ most being of laying age...

    As I stated in our introduction to the group, we are brand new newbies at this chicken raising thing!! Lol So, we need some help with flock integration!! We have two flocks that we are wanting to integrate into one extra large coop. Currently our “main” flock of 5 hens, which consists of 1 Black...
  3. Soon2BChixMom

    Do roosters really help hens?

    I have been contemplating getting a rooster. I have a small flock and know the recommendations regarding numbers and this post is not about the numbers. ;) However, lately I have been letting my hens roam around the yard. 3 of them will go out and forage and 1 stays in the run. The 3 generally...
  4. PirateGirl

    Have you used drake jail?

    I have 2 female ducklings. I have 3 famale adult ducks and 1 adult drake. The ducklings are almost as big as the adult females, but are a slightly smaller breed and will never be quite the same size. Currently the ducklings are housed next to the duck run. Everyone can see and hear each...
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    • drake jail ducklings integration
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    • Forum: Ducks
  5. DrFeathers

    8 week chicks and bunnies in same pen?

    I have 3 eight week old chicks in a small house and run next to my main coop/run doing a slow see but don't touch integration. I also bought my wife two bunnies as a surprise but we wont get them until end of next week. (she has been asking for bunnies for months and I keep telling her how we...
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    • bunnies chick dog dog and rabbit integration rabbit rabbit and chick rabbit hutch
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  6. CSAchook

    Integrating a shy nervous broody and her 3 chicks: advice wanted

    Most of the articles I have read about integrating a hen and her chicks emphasize the fierce and intimidating nature of a mother hen. But want do you do when your broody (while an excellent mother in every other way) runs in terror from other hens? Background: I currently have 4 one year old...
  7. 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...
  8. PirateGirl

    Introducing ducklings, signs of aggression vs curiosity

    Eventually the ducklings need to move in (or should I say out) with the rest of the flock. So far they go on field trips on the opposite side of the fence where the adult ducks and ducklings can all see and hear each other. Eventually they all need to be in the fence together. What are signs...
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    • aggression drake ducklings ducks integration
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. ChickenGirl555

    Polish Rooster Integration Question

    I'm getting 3-4 polish chicks in April, and since where we are getting them doesn't sex them, we decided if we got 1 rooster, we might keep it. We had 1 rooster (that is now gone) but he was shy and skittish since he came from a petting farm that let little children poke, grab, and scream at...
  10. DrFeathers

    BestPet Chicken Cook Chicken Cage Pens Crate Rabbit Cage Enclosure Pet Playpen Exercise Pen

    Size 86”x40”x40” converting an old plastic playhouse into a small second coop to help with grow-out and see-but-not-touch integration of 3 new chicks/pullets to my current flock of 6. Was thinking about using this as a temporary/removable run as part of that system. (Would put down some wire...
  11. 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...
  12. afisher137

    Introducing 2 hens to help a bullied one

    Hi. I currently have a buff, a Rhode island red and an Easter egger. The Easter egger had started to get bullied the last month. We were thinking of getting 2 new hens to supplement the flock and keep the Easter egger from being bullied. Will that work? I was going to put the EE in with the new...
  13. ChickenGirl555

    Newly-Integrated Chicks Aren't Happy

    Some people had followed my Integration Panick threads (Aart, Mrs.K, chickens really, etc.) and I'm glad they were able to help, and the chicks are alive and living in somewhat peace with my 5 month pullets. The chicks are about a month and a half. If you'd like to really help and hear what I...
  14. ChickenGirl555

    Can I give a broody hen live chicks?

    I was originally going to get fertilized polish eggs and slip em under one of my pullets when she goes broody, but the eggs would most likely break in shipment, so it's safer to get live polish chicks from our mill this spring. I was wondering if I could still put the live chicks under her and...
  15. WestCoastFam

    Integrating Advice

    Hey All! My first post here, but I have been following this amazing site and getting some very useful info since becoming a chicken owner just over a year ago. So I have a little bit of a situation. We have 3 hens in our Lavender Orphington brood, they are about 1.5 years old. One of the...
  16. SueT

    6 mo cockerel rejected by hens

    Carl is a 6 mo bantam cochin cockerel, and yesterday was his first introduction to the 8 girls. They are 2 hens, a BR and an SS (1 1/2 yrs) , and 6 pullets,( 7 mo, ) four of the pullets are leghorns, one a Sebright, and one a D'Uccle. All but the D'Uccle have started laying, but the Sebright...
  17. deepbluesea

    Integration: the bigs are protecting the littles from the mediums!

    I really love BYC. Because of all of you fine folks, my first attempt at integrating my flock seems to be going fantastically. Thank you. :) Here are my cast of characters: The bigs—3.5 years old Cleo—barred rock Mitzi—Easter Egger, big and black/copper Fifi—Gold-laced Wyandotte (currently in...
  18. CSAchook

    Flock Integration: Thank you BYCers!!!!!!!

    I just wanted to post my heart-felt thanks to all the kind, helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable people on this forum. This morning I looked out my back door and saw all six of my chickens (two 11 month old ISA browns, one 6 month old speckled sussex, and three 6 month old LF cochins) all...
  19. EggMan207

    Had one of my chicks brutally attacked ...

    Yesterday, I had one of my chicks (a black australorp) attacked by the older chickens. She's 9 weeks old. We just put the chicks in this week. They pecked the back of her head and neck quite badly. The skin is pushed up on the top of her head so it sort of covers one of her eyes and it looks...
  20. DraftXJumper

    Pullets making a mess, causing mold

    Hello! Our "original girls" (almost 9 weeks old) and our "new girls" (~11/12 weeks old) have integrated very well in our new coop and run. I have a large feeder & waterer inside the coop, but also water in the run, as well as an extra cup of feed in case the new girls were being excluded from...
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