Help!!

[Mister B]

I don't think so. Give her a day or two and then if there is no poop or interacting, I would get concerned. The stress of moving messes with their system.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Well, problem solved! I just took her outside to stretch her legs and she pooped three times!!

Thank you Mister B.

 

[Mister B]

No problem. People say I'm full of it, so maybe I just spread it around. LOL

 

[Highcotton]

K. Thanks again!!

I have a tractor that I put in the middle of the chicken run area. That gives them contact through the wire. I open the tractor during the day so they can mix with the other chickens during the day and have a place to sleep at night. They usually will go into the coop on their own within a few days yet have a refuge if the other chickens put too much pressure on them.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Thanks/

I have a tractor that I put in the middle of the chicken run area. That gives them contact through the wire. I open the tractor during the day so they can mix with the other chickens during the day and have a place to sleep at night. They usually will go into the coop on their own within a few days yet have a refuge if the other chickens put too much pressure on them.

Thanks! I'm doing something similar to that. I'll have a cage with the three new chickens in the run with the three old chickens. They will be like that for a week or so. Then, they will trade places with the old ones in the cage and the new ones in the run. (They also will free range together.) Does this sound suitable?

 

[aart]

Thanks/
Quote: Sounds like a pretty good plan....as long as you have physical separation with visual contact all ready you should be set for any eventuality....it will be fun watching how they adapt, could take a few weeks before they coexist peacefully....or it could happen much sooner!

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Sounds like a pretty good plan....as long as you have physical separation with visual contact all ready you should be set for any eventuality....it will be fun watching how they adapt, could take a few weeks before they coexist peacefully....or it could happen much sooner!

Thank you for the positive response!!

Yes, they will be able to see each other but not reach and peck each other. When I introduce Mary to the pullets, how do you think I should do it?

 

[aart]

Same way....physically separate but in view for a few days then try putting them together in as large a pen as possible see what happens...maybe in view of the existing flock.

Play it by 'ear' ......having segregation ready if needed.

Let them have their tiffs but remove them if blood is drawn.

Multiple feeders and waterers ready if they won't share.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Same way....physically separate but in view for a few days then try putting them together in as large a pen as possible see what happens...maybe in view of the existing flock.

Play it by 'ear' ......having segregation ready if needed.

Let them have their tiffs but remove them if blood is drawn.

Multiple feeders and waterers ready if they won't share.

Ok. Thank you!!

You don't think it will be as aggressive fighting between a full grown bantam cochin and two pullets, do you? (Sorry, I keep asking so many questions! I just want to be sure of what I'm doing!)

 

[aart]

There's no way to know how an individual chicken will act, observation and being ready for problems is all you can do.
The 'head hen' can be viciously cruel, or just consistently remindful of who is boss. Size doesn't matter, but age and temperament can.

Just don't be too quick to intervene, unless there's blood flying, if you interrupt the pecking order establishment, they'll just have to start over later.

Good Luck, Have Fun!