Chicken Introductions Not Going Well, Only 3 chickens involved! 🙁

[Henny Penney]

Try putting both hens together in a foreign space, they tend to get uncomfortable, lonely, and realize being together is better than being alone. Usually works for me with any particularly stubborn/mean animal, but it could be too stressful for them.
We had a white layer who hated our pekin with a passion, she would make her sleep all alone while the main flock sun bathed. They were raised together, but my Pekin was 3 weeks younger. Finally after some feather pulling and my Pekin sleeping sad and alone, I brought them both away from the flock for some “bonding” time. Once mean girl couldn’t find the flock (she was the only one panicking, pekin was chilling with me) she admitted defeat and snuggled up to the pekin. Had them forage together for a bit. WL still didn’t like her much but no one sides fights.

Works for chickens, but they are a bit less flock-oriented than ducks so it may take a little longer. I have to get me some OEGB, there’s someone who breeds them not far away.

thank you for your suggestion. You would like OEGB, they are characters, and this is only the second time in decades of raising them I've had any behavior issues.

 

[907poultry]

thank you for your suggestion. You would like OEGB, they are characters, and this is only the second time in decades of raising them I've had any behavior issues.

Someone near me breed a little rooster that had big eyes and- eyebrows! I regret not buying him when he went up for discussion… he looked like a cartoon chicken