Adding more pullets

[jeffrey f]

 

[cmom]

Can you take the container out and put some hardware cloth in the bottom with maybe some hay or pine shavings. If the water and feed are getting shavings in them, you can always get a gallon feeder and waterer you can hang.
Something similar to these.

 

[cmom]

You can put some hardware cloth on the sides too so they can't stick their heads through and possibly get stuck.

 

[cmom]

My hubby who doesn't care much for the birds with Gladys. She hopped right up.

 

[jeffrey f]

Then what I would do is get a large dog crate or cage and put the younger ones in the dog cage. Put the cage near the coop or in the coop so that they are interacting but also keeping safe. (Make sure both sets of birds have food and water) let them be like this for week.
Make sure you let the caged birds out too so they don’t get sick and bored.

 

[jeffrey f]

How does this look

 

[jeffrey f]

Somebody likes me

 

[jeffrey f]

I have two Easter Eggars I have two Jersey Giants I have two Rhode Island red’s I have two blue Wyandotte three light Brahmas one dark Brahma and two Delaware’s

 

[jeffrey f]

Thank you

chicken math has begun!!

They're not going to fit in that crate for long, but nice find-it will come in handy.
Would be better if you could section off part of the run and make it weather proof or if not weather prof more space for them to run around. Not sure your coop is big enough for 14 birds.

Here's some tips on....
Integration Basics:

It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.

very much

 

[jeffrey f]

I take them out of the Tote during the day and at night I’ve been putting the tote and for them to sleep been seems to be working really good thank you everybody