HELP...I think this might not be my first egg...

[aart]

You mentioned scratch above...how often do you feed scratch and do you feed any other treats?

I think diet has been pretty well covered.

 

[Kiki]

I think diet has been pretty well covered.

I'm catching up still.

 

[mowin]

You mentioned scratch above...how often do you feed scratch and do you feed any other treats?

For 8 hens, I'll give them half a cucumber OR 1/4 cup of scratch. Couple two three times a week I'll yank up a handful of grass and toss that in.

 

[mowin]

Adding an older is not a good idea IMO.

Why don't you think it's a good idea?

My gals don't seem to have a true dominant. Very little if any bickering.
If i do add one, it will be as a last resort. Better then changing there names to Honey glazed, or sweet n sour.

 

[aart]

Why don't you think it's a good idea?

My gals don't seem to have a true dominant. Very little if any bickering.
If i do add one, it will be as a last resort. Better then changing there names to Honey glazed, or sweet n sour.

Integrating one bird is usually pretty tough on the single bird...
...but if she's special she might just whip those young pullets into shape.
I guess it's worth a shot if you've got a bunch little egg eaters on your hands.

 

[mowin]

There learning... two fake eggs along with two new ones...

 

[aart]

There learning... two fake eggs along with two new ones...

Great!!!
No eaten eggs today?

 

[mowin]

Great!!!
No eaten eggs today?

Well, at least those two will be eaten by me, lol.

I do believe I've got one BO that's laying as well as the RIR's

Keeping my fingers crossed, and will continue to give them a half can of tuna each morning for the next week. Then I'll ween em off that and try mealworms.

 

[Cryss]

If you try to add an adult hen from a other flock you are risking introducing diseases to your flock which could wipe them out. The adult could be healthy but a carrier from her flock. And if you give the adult back she could carry something back to her flock. The only way around that is to quarantine the adult for about a month before introducing in a separate cage so they can see but not touch. By the time you can actually let the hen in with your flock its a good 5-6 weeks at least. Besides it looks like your girls are figuring it all out.

 

[mowin]

If you try to add an adult hen from a other flock you are risking introducing diseases to your flock which could wipe them out. The adult could be healthy but a carrier from her flock. And if you give the adult back she could carry something back to her flock. The only way around that is to quarantine the adult for about a month before introducing in a separate cage so they can see but not touch. By the time you can actually let the hen in with your flock its a good 5-6 weeks at least. Besides it looks like your girls are figuring it all out.

Not worried about that. These poults were raised in the same coop as the hen I would be getting until they were 7 weeks old.

Even if it was from a separate flock, what would I have to loose?
If they continue on the path of eating eggs, they become bbq chicken. Think it's a gamble worth taking.

However, I did find 2 eggs in a nest box today, so things are looking brighter for their future.