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?
Quote:The few times that I have introduced newbies in with my girls (BO) it took a bit The first time was a peice of cake they were the same breed but they were adults and they ignored each other. The second second time was a different breed (silkies) the baby rooster showed them who was boss so after a day they were friends. the last time was babies and I had to cage them for two weeks with one of my silkies so they would have a protector. they were ok after that what I noticed the more they look alike the faster it goes, hope this helps what kind is your new one
