Help with Introduction.

[Rising_Phoenix]

So just last year I took in 3 banties that were Easter chicks and the parents didn't want them after they got bigger so I took them. But I also have 4 standard sized hen that are between the ages of 3-4, the standard sized hens have never been around banties but I want to keep them together, I just got done building a 7X7 coop with a 10X12 run what is the best way to incorporate them together with as little fighting or injuries as possible? Should I just put them all in the new coop overnight and let them wake up with them in there? Or is there another way to go about this?

 

[Judy]

Lots of people put them on the roost together just after dark. Another way is give them plenty of space and hiding places, then offer them all a treat to distract them -- preferably something like a flock block or head of cabbage that will keep them busy for a while. It should help to house them near each other but separated by a fence for a few weeks first.

 

[Rising_Phoenix]

I've been allowing the banties to run around the old coops run while the standard hens are inside for about a week now, but My black sex-link is the lowest in the pecking order of the standard hens and she just goes straight for the banties anytime I let them run around the yard together.