Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

Well that stinks about CCLs. I was planning to get a couple next year.

Well, at least now you know to save yourself some heartache and trouble.

 

[CaroleW]

Well that stinks about CCLs. I was planning to get a couple next year.

That's why we share our experiences so we can know the pitfalls. I think sometimes the breeders and hatcheries hype certain breeds before they're ready for the average home flock.

 

[Stacaroni]

Yeah. I've invested a lot of time reading here and almost all of it has been valuable. The rest has at least been entertaining!

 

[springvalley123]

Well that stinks about CCLs. I was planning to get a couple next year.

I'm still not completely sure that's what I have. Her ear lobes are getting white....

 

[springvalley123]

Yeah. I've invested a lot of time reading here and almost all of it has been valuable. The rest has at least been entertaining!

Yes, I had no idea about the legbars either. I must've missed that post. I hope that doesn't apply to the crested olive eggers too--hopefully they're more hardy.

 

[Happy Novogens]

So Saturday is the big day to bring home our very first chickens ever! They'll be pullets. I've been warned that they will need to sort out their new pecking order when they arrive because there will be a new dynamic since they will no longer be with the larger group where they had been living.

Is there anything I need to watch out for? Do I let them sort things out on their own? Is there a point where I might need to intervene? (We'll probably be arriving back home with them around early/mid-afternoon.)

 

[BlueBaby]

Yes, I had no idea about the legbars either. I must've missed that post. I hope that doesn't apply to the crested olive eggers too--hopefully they're more hardy.

Maybe that's why they mixed them to make those one's?

 

[BlueBaby]

So Saturday is the big day to bring home our very first chickens ever! They'll be pullets. I've been warned that they will need to sort out their new pecking order when they arrive because there will be a new dynamic since they will no longer be with the larger group where they had been living.

Is there anything I need to watch out for? Do I let them sort things out on their own? Is there a point where I might need to intervene? (We'll probably be arriving back home with them around early/mid-afternoon.)

When you introduce them, make sure that you are watching them. If you see that someone is seriously getting beat up or bleeding you will need to step in.

 

[Happy Novogens]

When you introduce them, make sure that you are watching them. If you see that someone is seriously getting beat up or bleeding you will need to step in.

In a case like that, does one just try to re-direct the aggressors? If it does get bad like that, what do I do with the one being bullied? Do I just 'guard' her for awhile until the others lose interest? (I know nothing about behavior dynamics with chickens.) I would hope I wouldn't have to completely remove her.

 

[BlueBaby]

In a case like that, does one just try to re-direct the aggressors? If it does get bad like that, what do I do with the one being bullied? Do I just 'guard' her for awhile until the others lose interest? (I know nothing about behavior dynamics with chickens.) I would hope I wouldn't have to completely remove her.

I would take any bleeding one's out and doctor them. I would crate the bully separate from the other's. Then after the doctored one is healed up, she can be re-introduced to the rest of the flock and the bully can't get to her again.