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During integration, provide plenty of room with perches, poles, or maybe chairs for the victim to fly onto when escaping the culprits. Rhode Island Reds are predominantly aggressive to newcomers and will act the most violent when being introduced. Let there be adequate space in the coop as well to prevent intimidating the Buff Orpingtons when they are cooped up for the night. Hope this helps.
 
alexa009 said:
Hello, welcome to Backyard Chickens!:woot
During integration, provide plenty of room with perches, poles, or maybe chairs for the victim to fly onto when escaping the culprits. Rhode Island Reds are predominantly aggressive to newcomers and will act the most violent when being introduced. Let there be adequate space in the coop as well to prevent intimidating the Buff Orpingtons when they are cooped up for the night. Hope this helps.
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We have alot of roosts for them, swings, there's alot of room also in the coop. I'm going to wait til spring to let them free range my yard. In the mean time I'm going to let them out of the cage in the coop to stretch while I'm in there. At least I can say I have tried & did alot of options. Thank you for your ideas. It will help!
 
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hello-smiley.gif Sometimes it can take a couple weeks to a month to integrate successfully. It seems to be most difficult with adolescent birds, especially if quarters are tight.
How old are the RIR and SLW?
And what are the dimensions of your coop and the run?

It could help to move the feeders side by side... one in the crate and one in the coop. Food is a main source of tension and it would be good to get used to eating right next to each other. They probably just need more time. Is there any way to let them free range occasionally now, before spring? My birds are out all the time, even in the rain or snow. Here's a good article that may have more ideas:
See But Don’t Touch

Have you noticed if one of your RIR is more aggressive than the other? After some time has passed, you could try to turn the tables a bit and put the "meanest" RIR in the crate and let your 2 pullets out in the coop and run and see how it works:
Chicken Bully/Chicken Victim

Good luck!
 
WELCOME! I do know what you're going through. Everyone has a different way to work it out. Keep them all? Sell the older ones? Do separate pens? The latter doesn't always work when you want to free range them. Keep reading/watching. You will find something that clicks.
 

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