HELP ASAP

[Chickenlover2017]

Thank you that is a really good Idea but this week I am super busy next week however I will spend as much time as possible with them

Are you willing to make time to watch and train them? This may take days with you able to observe them. You can train them by placing them all in a large metal cage. Tie a few tin cans to a large stick, then tie the stick to a string and put the stick outside the cage. Run the string through the cage, then back out, so when you pull on the string, the stick with the tin cans hits the outside of the cage and will scare the birds. Then run the string to somewhere you can see the birds but they can't see you. (Through a window into your house would work great.) When you see the chicks being picked on you can yank on the string and give them all a good fright for fighting.

You could try integrating the big birds one at a time. Take one large bird and put it in with the chicks alone, out of sight of the other big birds. It makes the lone chicken more vulnerable, and may be less likely to attack. Once the first one is integrated well you can add the second and then the third. This will still take a while, though, possibly weeks.

I'm not really sure what else you could do if you don't have and are unwilling to make a large space available for them to work out their differences without harming each other.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Here is a pic of the coop

 

[Chickenlover2017]

She should be an amerecauna and I am 99.9 percent sure I am correct

How big is the coop and run you are trying to move them into? How large is the run the young ones are in now?

Can you get a better picture of your young EE? It could be a cockerel.

 

[andreanar]

My girls would kill each other if I put 6 of them in that size run. I see what your limits are now. To separate the run would give them even less room. I like the idea of adding one big girl at a time to the littles.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Me to I think that was a fabulous idea!

My girls would kill each other if I put 6 of them in that size run. I see what your limits are now. To separate the run would give them even less room. I like the idea of adding one big girl at a time to the littles.

 

[andreanar]

Here is my amerecauna View attachment 1075186View attachment 1075187

That is an Easter Egger. Ameraucana have black or slate legs and ear muffs and beards.

 

[aart]

Chicken integration is rarely fast...it takes time and space.

Integration Basics:
It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.


This used to be a better search, new format has reduced it's efficacy, but still:
Read up on integration..... BYC advanced search>titles only>integration
This is good place to start reading, BUT some info is outdated IMO:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Oh, ya as someone who raises them and has several pure Ameraucanas, I second that it's an EE, definitely not a pure Ameraucana, some sort of a mix.

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Thank you that is helpful!

Chicken integration is rarely fast...it takes time and space.

Integration Basics:
It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.


This used to be a better search, new format has reduced it's efficacy, but still:
Read up on integration..... BYC advanced search>titles only>integration
This is good place to start reading, BUT some info is outdated IMO:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

 

[Chickenlover2017]

Ok everyone they are together thanks so much for your help!!