First time chicken mama here 🐤🐣🐥

[JoHennBock]

I am new to backyard chicken keeping and this fantastic site. Thank you for the warm welcome! My partner and I are in Lexington, KY, and we currently have two adult hens (one black sexlink - Penny - and one buff orpington - Josephine). We are also raising four young pullets (we hope) to add to our flock soon, including two cinnamon queens, one ameracauna (Cluck Norris) and one black asia.
We love all of their personalities and hope they will integrate well with the older birds. Any good advice for a smooth transition? The young birds are about 8 weeks old and have their feathers.

 

[N F C]

Hi, integration can be stressful for both the birds and the person watching it. Here's a good article on it: introducing-new-chickens-using-the-“see-but-don’t-touch”-method.67839

Best wishes!

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is great place to explore.

 

[All4Eggz]

First of all,
This is a great community, so come to us with any questions and we'll try to help.
When integrating new chickens to a flock, first keep them separated but so that they can all see each other. Maybe put a cage in the run of the older chickens and put the new chickens inside so they can see each other and get used to one another's presence.

Good luck !

 

[All4Eggz]

Hi, integration can be stressful for both the birds and the person watching it. Here's a good article on it: introducing-new-chickens-using-the-“see-but-don’t-touch”-method.67839

Best wishes!

This article is actually great at explaining it.. it was what I was trying to get at but I'm not the best at explaining...

 

[JoHennBock]

Hi, integration can be stressful for both the birds and the person watching it. Here's a good article on it: introducing-new-chickens-using-the-“see-but-don’t-touch”-method.67839

Best wishes!

Very helpful article! Thank you.

 

[swampfox440]

Welcome to BYC !

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC. Here are some helpful links:

• Great go-to resource - Articles
• Space requirements
• “How to...” guides
• Flock integration
• Find other BYC members nearby using the links in my signature, below (turn your phone to landscape to see them).

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.