- May 15, 2011
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I had 3 Easter Eggers that are 7 months old. I bought another chicken the other day and made the mistake of putting the chicken into the run where my 3 EE pecked at her and pulled her feathers. After about 2 minutes of them chasing her around the run, I took her out and kept her in a crate outside the run. Day # 2 she stayed in the crate outside the run. Day # 3, I have been trying to slowly introduce her to the flock. I placed the EXTRA LARGE wired crate inside the run and added food, water and perch. The new chicken is scared to death. She flew up to her perch and has not moved off it to eat/drink all day. My EE are flying on top of the crate and trying to "re-introduce" themselves...and not in such a friendly way. Is this the best approach to introduce them. I am new at this, so are my chances high that they will eventually get along? My newbie is an adult and about 2/3 the size of my EE?