introducing chicks

  1. T

    Introducing new hens to a flock with one bird being aggressive

    Hello all, I am newish to the chicken community and I have a really small flock and I'm having some trouble with introductions and I would like some advice. A year-and-a-half ago I endedI ended up gettinggetting a rescue chicken... Long story but I ended up having to get her two companions...
    • TayRae
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    • aggression aggressive aggressive behavior chicken introducing introducing chicks introducing hens
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  2. H

    Introducing Hen To Baby Chicks

    Hi, all. Today is a very sad day. One of my favorite hens unfortunately passed away on the way to the vets office today. She ate something toxic. She was happy and loved during and after her life. But now I have a new issue. I only had two hens, Joya (the hen who died) and Paisley. Paisley was...
    • HannahL
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    • chicks 1 week death help hen introducing chicks sad day tips and tricks
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Raising Baby Chicks
  3. johnsonurbanfarmproject

    Pullets won't sleep in coop :-(

    We're in the process of introducing our three 10-week-old babies (2 pullets, one rooster which we're keeping as long as we can) to the little flock, and are at the point where the hens are not picking on them much and they are coexisting well in the same run or free ranging during the day. The...
  4. Crazychocolatedog

    Introducing 3, 6 week old chicks to 2, 5 week old chicks

    Hi there, I’m so new to all this, ...we HAD 5 chicks, but 2 turned out to be roosters. So now I have 2 EE, and 1 Rhode Island Red, they are 6 weeks old. .... This week, I am going to pick up 2 , 5 week old welsummers(sp). The breeder said, since they are close in age, just put the 2 new ones...
  5. R

    Introducing chicks soon?

    I have four 5 week old chicks that I hope to put outside soon. I’ve read various opinions on when and how to introduce chicks to the big flock. My plan is to put the chicks in my mini coop (with run) next to the big girl coop and let them see each other when the big girls are out and eventually...
  6. sstanyon

    Chicks Being Lifelong Carriers of Respiratory Illness?

    Hi all, We have 2 chicks being raised in a brooder, seperated from our main flock. One seemed to have some kind of respiratory illness - she never got to the point of nasal discharge/never stopped fully eating, but we treated her with a Tylan 50 for 4 days and loaded up water with...
  7. Vegan Mountain Mama

    Need help introducing new baby chicks to my hens please?

    I’m trying to get my 2 hens to adopt my two new baby chicks. The hens both like to sit on their eggs and sometimes I see them tucking an egg under their tummies. I thought this meant they are broody (they’re both 1 year old americuanas) so I got them babies. I made a nest for them in a bin in my...
  8. nszrmch

    New chicks and New coop

    Hello! My chicks(5 of em) are getting ready to head into the backyard coop. However, we have an older flock (3 hens) in the backyard already. I've read a lot about how to introduce them on other posts on here. However, we are also purchasing a new, bigger coop. We are planning to keep the...
  9. T

    Hello all!

    I joined today for a couple reasons. I have 6 chickens, all buff Orpington. Three of them are almost a year old (two girls and a boy) , and three are about 2 months old(one girl and two boys). My mother also has chickens and is a big fan of this site for advice. So, the main reason I joined is...
  10. K.Riggs

    Introducing goslings

    Hi, I have broody goose sitting for over 30 days. She had kicked out one egg, her last egg was dead in shell. With eggs removed she is still sitting full time so I have arranged to get two newborn goslings on Thursday. Any tips on sneaking them in? I plan to put them under her Thursday night.
    • K.Riggs
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    • broody geese goslings introducing chicks
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Geese
  11. L

    Polish

    I have 3 polish and one Easter egg Er that grew up together as chicks. THey get along fine. They have their own coop within the major run for all chickens. I let them out, since they have been 3 months visible and they were bullied horrible. Tow of them had their heads mauled and bloody. The...
  12. Sarah B.

    How should I introduce differently aged chicks to each other?

    I've got one chick currently. She's a week and five days old. I'm buying two one week old chicks as company for her the day after tomorrow. I'm just wondering how I should introduce them, should I do it slowly? Dump them in together because there's so little age difference? They're all Icelandic...
  13. Puranin

    Mama hen bullys her babies

    My hen hatched and raised 10 babies. They are about 3 months of old and she wants nothing to do with them. They can just be standing in the grass and she will charge them everybody else gets along great. But the fear of that hen is keeping the 4 babies I kept from roosting in the coop. What do I...
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