Hen or roo? 2 month old ee

[wendychicklawyr]

This is nugget 2 month old ee

 

[wendychicklawyr]

 

[wendychicklawyr]

That is belle 2 month old black copper maran

 

[wendychicklawyr]

This is beep beep a black australorp

 

[gilmoujr]

McMuffin will be egg McMuffin. LOL

 

[wendychicklawyr]

Hahaha

 

[wendychicklawyr]

Here's my little flock .. Got lucky I think all hens

 

[wendychicklawyr]

I want to introduce 3 more about 2.5 months old ..anyone experience doing that?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I enter new chickens quite frequently. You should quarientene them. this where you seperate them and make sure they are not sick, not carrying any diseases, and treat them if they are. You should do this for about month. I know people who dont but it is better to be safe then sorry. Because you could buy a chicken that seems perfectly healthy and it could give your flock a disease. Not trying to scare you but IMO opinion it is necessary to quarientene. They after that, you can let them join the original flock. You can either put them in a cage in your pen for the others to check (i Do this a few times to make sure they get to inspect each other a little, or if you want you can just toss them in the pen. Your originall hens will mostly likely peck the new ones, you might see a few little fights. They are just trying to establish their pecking order. I would not intervene unless any of them are really hurting each other. It is usally just a few little disagreements and some pecks and then everyone is good.

 

[KelsiNS]

It should ve fine. Do you have a way to divide the coop so they can see each other but not get to each other (after a quarantine period for safety of course!)?
I introduced young babies to 13 week old birds by dividing my pen and letting them meet through the fencing.

There may be a little scuffling initially, but as long as no one gets hurt they work it out. My big girls took a few feathhers bossing around tge kids but it never got so bad that i needed to intervene.


Also? I am DROOLING over your birds! (Your aussie looks like she has a pea comb like mine-but mine is a mix). Gorgous flock!