Hiya all, i have 2 hens called Henrietta and Harriot. They started laying in Feb this year. They live with my 3 ducks called Daffy, Daphne and Delylah. They get on well with each other. But at Easter, i got my daughter 2 baby chicks only 1 week old. They stayed indoors for a while but are now fully feathered and quite big. I started to introduce them to the others, who roam the garden and live in my shed, through chicken wire. So that they would get used to each other. Then i removed it. But my small chicks wont leave the shed at all, cos they are scared of my male duck. Understandable, but they all locked in together at nite. The small ones roosting up high. I also saw Henrietta chase one round shed yesterday, just after i fed them, going for the chick crumb. How am i ever gonna get these 2 newcomers into my little flock and out on garden?they must surely be deprived of sunlight by now???
