Added new chickens without any methods and no pecking?

[Bryce Thomas]

The chicks are about 14-ish weeks old and they have their adult feathers now, and I was very surprised to see how there was no fighting at all besides some squabbling. All the hens made the call for the rooster to come over and my boy Koa just kept and eye on them, the silkies have not fought the new naked neck chickens at all. Is that normal for them to not fight? I( was ready to move them out if things got brutal, the new chickens already have their pecking order but I was surprised to see the original chickens that were the silkies not fight the new chickens at all. Is that normal?

 

[WhySayWhat]

When we got rid of our cockerel, the girls were all fine, until they weren't. A week or so after Stella left, they ripped most of the feathers out of my little scissor beak for no apparent reason! They've all been together since they hatched, but the new pecking order was being established and little Shadow got the brunt of the violence.

Keep an eye on them while they establish the new pecking order (once they realize they're all living together now, it'll happen).

 

[Kiraeh]

If they have plenty of space and food, you can have a pretty easy time of integration, it's not always rough. My flock is great for it also- I have a big, cluttered run, my flock has always been a mixed bunch of breeds, I can pretty much toss chicks or adult birds in whenever and it'll be fine. (quarantine is a whole other issue, but I'm only adding birds I've raised myself or from my chicken buddy who got all her starter birds from me)