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squirrelgirl01
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Ok... I needed to hear this. I had no idea, no one told me! THANK YOU! I feel less like I've done something terribly incorrectly now.Also, don't know if anyone has told you, but they won't become one flock until the pullets start laying. Then they will fully integrate with the older hens. Until they start laying the pullets will be their own sub-flock and not hang out with the older girls. They will roost by themselves at night, and hang out elsewhere during the day, and eat separately as much as they can. They will avoid the big chickens' area, although they'll be around watching them, and testing the waters occasionally by entering their space. So just expect that, and make sure there's at least two food and water stations where you can't see one from the other (to prevent food/water guarding). The pullets may have to eat and drink "in secret" so the big ones don't run them off. If you can make the pullets areas to hide where the big chickens don't fit, that will help also. Mine always liked to squish into the spaces between pallets to get away from the larger/older chickens.
