Hen Pecking

[rebrascora]

Only if you have plenty of space. Cages like these are not big enough for so many individuals.

 

[aart]

I been separated her from the chicks.
She and the roo are in another cage.

I'm asking do y'all think I can ever mix em? At what age, the chicks?

Ideally you could keep them all together now, if you had the space to do so.
Do you have a coop and run at all?
I find it much easier to integrate chicks into the adult flock when they are 4-6 weeks.
Integrating later will be a mite trickier, but yes they can all share one (properly sized space) eventually. This is good info on Space:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-much-room-do-chickens-need

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This is good place to start reading, BUT some info is outdated IMO: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

 

[Mumbelz Mayham]

The hen and roo and in a separate cage.
I'm finna put screen around the legs for additional space.

 

[Mumbelz Mayham]

Ideally you could keep them all together now, if you had the space to do so.
Do you have a coop and run at all?
I find it much easier to integrate chicks into the adult flock when they are 4-6 weeks.
Integrating later will be a mite trickier, but yes they can all share one (properly sized space) eventually. This is good info on Space:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-much-room-do-chickens-need

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

Thanks aart

 

[ReliezFarm]

i'd say if you were trying to keep all those birds in that one small cage, you were asking for problems. they will be agitated and start pecking each other. do they go out during day, free roaming? is that just the nesting box? I find that if they have space, eventually they all get along, even 2 roosters.