Adding polish hens to mixed flock, has anyone tried “haircuts” to help?

[MarieJune]

I’m in need of advice. I’m trying to add 2 polish hens to my established 3 hens, black australorpe, Plymouth barred rock and a wyandotte. I’ve read that this is often problematic. As of now I’ve got the new girls separated in a large dog crate within the run in hopes that after about a week they’ll be used to seeing each other and will thus be more accepting. Should that fail my other thought was that maybe giving the polish a severe haircut would help? Has anyone tried this? My thoughts are that a “haircut” would be dual purpose, increase their ability to see and thus hopefully evade pecks, and that it would remove a bit of interest for the established girls to bully. Thoughts?

 

[Jessica Thompson]

Before After yeah it works if you do a oval shape cut and more around the eyes it work here are some pics of mine when he got his "hair cut"

 

[Abriana]

Lots of people give their polish hair cuts. They say the birds are much happier afterwards.