introduce to flock

  1. MoonHarvester

    Introducing pet chickens to a livestock flock

    Hi all! I have a very specific situation where I unexpectedly got baby chicks and will have to return them to the ranch temporarily. I have been raising my 3 chicks as pets and they are 5 weeks old now. They will be too big for my brooder inside my house and my backyard is not coyote-proof...
  2. I

    Introducing 3 pullets to a single game fowl hen

    This may be unnecessary, but I feel the need to give some background on the issues I'm having. Just before Christmas of 2024, we had a lone hen fly into our backyard. I asked all our immediate neighbors if she belonged to them, and no one seemed to have any idea where she came from. We...
    • ImNewToThis
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. Butt_Nugget_Hut092

    Advice | Aggressive Rooster | Trying to introduce new hens

    Hey, So I have a small flock of silkies which contains... Onyx - Black Silkie | Rooster - Est. Hatch Day: May 1st, 2024 Topaz - Chocolate Silkie Hen - Est. Hatch Date: May 2024 Opal - White Silkie Hen - Est. Hatch Date: May 2024 _ Laying - started 10/21/24 And I'm trying to introduce these...
    • Butt_Nugget_Hut092
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    • aggressive rooster change in behavior introduce to flock introducing new hens silkie rooster aggressive silkies
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  4. Muser

    Introducing chicks to flock (hatched under Broody Hen)

    I am looking for some advice on what to expect in the next steps of my flock introductions. It's my first time introducing a broody hen's chicks to the rest of the flock. I have introduced new birds before, but always as pullets, never from chicks. All hens were previously together before I...
  5. L

    Introducing my baby turkey!

    Hello! I am new to chicken/turkey owning and just had a quick question. I have a baby turkey who is being raised by a chicken I acquired (baby was hatched by a broody chicken and she's been raising him since! they came as a pair). For the first few weeks I kept mom and baby totally separate at...
    • leezalloyd
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    • chickens introduce to flock turkey turkey 6 weeks
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Turkeys
  6. M

    When to combine flock?

    So we got chicks and have had them in the same area as the rest of our chickens since purchase except they’ve been in crates as a little brooder area so there not fully together and are protected for all intents and purposes but can still “socialize”. However, some of these chicks are getting...
  7. CassieTheChickenTender

    rescued hen need tips!

    I just rescued this hen!!! I actually rescued four hens and a duck but was only able to keep ONE. A family friend is going through a divorce so we decided to rescue the animals after finding about 10+ chickens and ducks that were dead. I absolutely had to take them and find the other homes. I...
  8. D

    Rooster help

    I have 7 chickens (6 hens and 1 rooster), Richard the naked necked rooster has always been super docile and never given me any issues or tried to harm any of the hens. I just got a female pekin from a bad home and when I went to introduce them he just started attacking her with his beak and...
    • Duckdude474
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    • advice advice needed duck help aggressive help anyone😰😰😰😭😭 introduce new duck introduce to flock mixed flock rooster
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  9. W

    Turkey hen attacking baby chicks

    Hey everbody, i have 2 red burbon turkeys an 11 adult chickens in a flock. Their housed in the same building,about 2 months ago i hatched some chicken eggs in the incubator and now that their old enough ive tried to introduce them to the flock but my turkey hen does not tolorate them at all, she...
    • Woods to Water
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    • advice needed agressive hen help me save my chickens help w/ turkey advice introduce to flock turkey aggression
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Turkeys
  10. E

    Roo Intro with Varrying Ages of Hens

    For context:::: I haven’t had my flock long, but it started when I was gifted a curly toed hen who was bullied out of her previous flock from a friend. She’s about 40wks now. Around 20ish weeks I added 4 pullets (7wks) to have her some company. 9 weeks ago I picked up 15 more chicks. 13 made...
    • eleanors_garden
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    • cockeral introduce new rooster introduce to flock rooster rooster and young pullets young pullet
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  11. Philipiter

    Introducing a New Group of Pullets

    Hello All - I'm looking for some guidance... We started off with four chicks back in March, three of which ended up being roos. We got rid of two of the roos a couple of weeks ago and got a group of six pullets (around 7 or 8 weeks) that have been in quarantine until today. I placed the...
  12. ellieanne22

    Duckling/Duck Questions

    Hey, everyone! A few weeks ago, I remember seeing a post that was a list of the foods ducks could eat and at what age they could eat it. I looked and couldn't find it again anywhere. Does anyone know which post I am talking about? And if so, could you please link it? Our silly ducklings are...
    • ellieanne22
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    • bumble foot ducklings ducks feed advice introduce to flock outdoor duck questions sexing three weeks
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Babybearhiggins

    Should I give these eggs I’ve been incubating to a wildlife rehabilitation center?

    I live on a marsh with dozens of ducks, several of which stay in our yard, as they know we’re a dependable provider of cracked corn. My favorite Muscovy laid 7 eggs in my garage on the bare pavement and ended up breaking 3 of them trying to move them. She had at least 30-40’ left of concrete to...
  14. K

    Chicken being bullied by flock after injury

    Hi all, One of our sweet chickens was attacked by a fox in November and survived, but most of her feathers were pulled out on her backside. This trauma sent her into a heavy molt and it has taken months for her to refeather. Unfortunately, in addition to this, the flock of 6 has been bullying...
  15. S

    Introducing peacocks and peahens into chicken flock without them jumping out of yard

    I’ve got one peahen and a peacock and have had them penned up in a shed with a chicken mesh door, I don’t know how to introduce them to my chicken, ducks, and Guinea fowl. I tried a while ago to introduce a peacock but after leaving him out of the shed, he hid underneath some trees and was away...
  16. noellegrace

    Introducing solo new chicken - terrible idea???

    Hello! We have a new hen, Miranda, who we love dearly. When she is healthy and done isolating we are hoping to introduce her to our current flock. She is in their run or our fenced in garden, so our current flock can see her but not get to her. She is the same age and size as our other hens. We...
    • noellegrace
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    • intro introduction new member introduce to flock new additions to flock solo chicken
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  17. Oldegarlicshnapp

    Introducing really tiny hen (question)

    I hatched a bunch of serama eggs and one of them is significantly smaller than the rest. These hatched birds are already smaller than my other, older flock. So this tiny one is microscopic in comparison. I’m deathly worried that even if I properly introduce them to my old flock well, that the...
  18. ChickenOfSpades

    Any issues with bantams living together with standard-sized hens?

    New to chicken keeping here. We have four young hens at the moment (see them here). Considering that this can quickly turn into an addiction of sorts, we may want to add a handful more next year. Having lived in Belgium for a time, I'm very intrigued by Barbu d'Uccle chickens...they're rad, and...
  19. M

    Introducing 1 week old chicks to 3 week old chicks

    I have three 3-week old bantam silkies I’ve had since they were 1 day old. I am getting four bantam Ameraucanas on Sunday that were born this Monday. So the new chicks will be six days old and my older chicks will be 3.5 weeks. I’m planning to spend the whole day Sunday being able to...
    • MsGloria
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    • ameracauna ameraucana behavior chicks help need to introduce new hens to existing flock introduce to flock silkie behavior silkies and easter eggers
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  20. P

    Integrating new chickens

    Hi! I have 3 new chickens that I’ve been trying to introduce to a group of 12 that have been together since birth - right now I separated an area in the run where they can see and smell each other all day but not touch - recently I have started letting them all free range but the 3 new ones get...
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