Yesterday I let my oldest hen meet the 4 newbies. I removed the little makeshift door you see the young IB darting in and out of.
MsBoss accepted them easily enough, a bit bitchy but soon they all explored the other’s run and food and water they’d been eyeing. Grass is always greener… Lol...
Hello! Advice needed on adding another coop and another flock.
Here is current situation: I have 4 existing 6yr old hens. They free range in a huge, movable fence and live in a movable coop (palace) I built on a trailer.
This June, I received 43 new chicks (lost one, so 42).
To meet space...
Hi BYC! I have a flock of 19 hens and 2ducks right now and im saving 3 more this week (man lost 4 to the cold so i am taking his last 3 before they literally freeze to death) (going into quarantine tomorrow). One thing is my coop is only about 9'x10', theres is perfect room for the flock i have...
We have 12 free range chickens between the ages of 9-10 weeks.
3 Ameraucana/E. Eggers
2 Gold sex links
2 Barred Rock - 1 is a rooster
1 Black Sex link
1 Leghorn
1 Buff Brahma
1 SL Wyandotte
1 Polish Bantam
They all get along excellently. Still establishing their order. And we have two coops...