intergrating a flock

Hello all, -*Scroll to bottom for just questions no background* This will be my third set chickens. This time though I’m in a situation that I have no experience in! Going to try to make this as short as possible but also provide some background information that might be important. - My OG...

Hi everyone, SO heres the scoop I had to seperate 3 injured hens for already now 5 days. (They had their tail ends close to vent area pecked to the point of blood:( - my mistake I think what I had done wrong is had their nesting area in bright daylight, no walls, no curtains, some are new layers...

So I've been going through BYC for the last two hours, and though I've gotten a lot of great information, I am still uncertain on how to do things specific to my flock. I'll lay out what I've got, and wait for the advice to hopefully poor in! Currently I have three 18 month old hens (one Golden...

Hi everyone, somehow I ended up with one young Black Maran. I purchased 2 blue eggers and 2 salmon faverolles day old chicks 4 weeks ago. I used the look but can’t touch method for a few weeks. Everyone is now walking around in the same area. There are no fights but the chicks are afraid of...

Anyone have tips to share on integrating new chicks into an existing flock? We have a flock of 'teenagers'- 2 naked necks (one is a roo), 5 Australorp (all are 8 months old) and a 2 year old RIR hen,who is the boss. We have new chicks-another 8-who are about 9 weeks old (5 brahmas,2 silver laced...

Hello, we were gifted four new hens a few months back and we are having problems getting them to integrate with the rest of the flock. We have a little under an acre and they free range it most of the day. So they have too many ways to avoid each other. So far one, who was still a poult when...