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I have 2 6ish month old rirs and 2 9.5 week old golden buffs. This is our setup currently. I spread free range feed between to the 2 enclosures twice a day. How long do they need to get acquainted like this? We have had the buffs for almost a week. My rirs are pretty docile. They are a little...

Hi there lovely community I have a 2 yr old barnevelder named Ponyo, who recently lost her best mate Honey 6 days ago to a fox. She is lonely and sad, also has mites we discovered today, and so has been extra lethargic. Have dusted her in pestene and ordered some mite spray and disposed of...

they have been there for 2 weeks. When do you suppose I can release them into general population? 4 - 6 weekers and 10 -10 Monthers. They will have a few spots only they can get into I was thinking another week or 2. The big girls pretty much ignore them. Any thoughts. ? I want to...

Ok some of you may have read my previous post on getting some new hens age 4 mo old. I have a smaller flock aprox 5 mo old with a rooster who is about 1 to 2 yrs old. Each flock have there own space but free range in our yard. They usually stay simi close to each other but not together. No...

Hi, I have rescued two chickens from a farm that has been closed, they are currently in one of the rooms in my farm house. I have five chickens and a cock already, urgently need some advice on how I go about introducing them to my current flock. The two have been together the whole time at their...

We have 9 chickens, 2 RIR Roosters and 7 Isa Brown laying hens. Yesterday I was given 5 girls, 1 WR, 1 BO and her 3 Pullets who were born in March but are very tiny and not laying. Tomorrow I'm due to get 5 more hens, 3 IB, 1 (unknown breed) and her 10 week old chick. Right now I have the 5 new...

(Second time posting since I don't think anybody saw the first one) I know I've asked the same thing a lot but I really don't want to...loose...these chicks. I'm sorry if it's annoying, but here's the story. I am trying to introduce new chicks to my flock of pullets (No roosters) a baby naked...

Without a long winded explanation of the title, which is a metaphor incidentally, We hatch, raise, rehome poultry to supplement income and off set feed costs etc. Bi monthly hatches currently. Chicks leave here slowly, young adults more quickly, but if they are not rehomed by the time they start...