Chicken introduction went wrong- does this chicken look ill ?

[silkiemama13]

I have a new chicken that I introduced to two others thinking she would do well as she’s older and larger than my current ones. Well she drew blood on my roosters comb so I separated her and my rooster is doing ok.

Now I’m wondering if they were so defensive because maybe she IS sick after quarantine and I’m worried. Does her comb look ok to you? I thought it was just from going off lay and being older, because she’s behaving totally normally not sneezing at all.

 

[nuthatched]

How long has she been quarantined? How were you introducing them?

 

[silkiemama13]

How long has she been quarantined? How were you introducing them?

It’s been three weeks and they were introduced through a fence for a couple days and I just today let them run together and they were not happy.

 

[nuthatched]

It’s been three weeks and they were introduced through a fence for a couple days and I just today let them run together and they were not happy.

Give it atleast a week on either side of a fence, its too soon for a single, strange looking hen

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a new chicken that I introduced to two others thinking she would do well as she’s older and larger than my current ones. Well she drew blood on my roosters comb so I separated her and my rooster is doing ok.

Now I’m wondering if they were so defensive because maybe she IS sick after quarantine and I’m worried. Does her comb look ok to you? I thought it was just from going off lay and being older, because she’s behaving totally normally not sneezing at all.

You're going to have drama when introducing a lone new bird. Even if they could see her, she was not with them, so it was o.k. to just look at her.
Not uncommon for there to be fighting and it sounds like she's not keen on dealing with a rooster.
You may have to do a really slow introduction with her or just let her in there and let them battle it out.

Her comb looks to have been bloodied during the fray and she has a few scrapes on her face. Nothing I would worry about.

Try again another day.