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Hmm, that should have been long enough. More than long enough. Were they in a covered run where the other birds could see them? If so, and they are still being picked on, maybe you could start a separate silkie flock or keep them permanently in the run. I would suggest sticking them back in the run until you decide on an option, and for at least a week. Then try letting them out again and if it still isn't working out, I would look at other options such as a separate flock or a new home for your poor girls. Good luck!
 
We will definitely just keep them separated if this continues. We put them back together and added a feeding and water station to the opposite end of the coop. Hoping that doing that and also leaving the other coop attached but not closing the run off between them will work. Their isn't any new injuries or noticable feather loss so do you think that is okay. At what point is it necessary to separate them? Is it only if there is a lot of blood shed and baldness?
 
Heather Navarro said:
We will definitely just keep them separated if this continues. We put them back together and added a feeding and water station to the opposite end of the coop. Hoping that doing that and also leaving the other coop attached but not closing the run off between them will work. Their isn't any new injuries or noticable feather loss so do you think that is okay. At what point is it necessary to separate them? Is it only if there is a lot of blood shed and baldness?
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A few pecks is normal but if thewe are holding them down and not letting go, exposing blood etc. separate them again. Best of luck!
 
They will peck to establish pecking order not to draw blood. If you see the others chasing them, drawing blood, not letting them eat or drink, then definitely separate them.
 
I am trying to replace my male with a new male, as my old male was too aggressive to babies. I have Muscovy ducks. Last Sunday we butchered the old male, but the two girls that flocked with him are taking care of a nest and are attacking the two new birds (the new male, and one of their own daughters who was at a friend's for a couple of months so they forgot her) when I put them in at night. When they're out in the yard together, they seem to do fine. Just around the nest, the girls attack the male. The male and the daughter have bonded and follow each other around, but the two "widowed" girls don't want anything to do with either of them. Does anyone have suggestions as to warm the girls up to the new male? Or will that have to wait until after the eggs hatch?
 
MishticalOne said:
I am trying to replace my male with a new male, as my old male was too aggressive to babies. I have Muscovy ducks. Last Sunday we butchered the old male, but the two girls that flocked with him are taking care of a nest and are attacking the two new birds (the new male, and one of their own daughters who was at a friend's for a couple of months so they forgot her) when I put them in at night. When they're out in the yard together, they seem to do fine. Just around the nest, the girls attack the male. The male and the daughter have bonded and follow each other around, but the two "widowed" girls don't want anything to do with either of them. Does anyone have suggestions as to warm the girls up to the new male? Or will that have to wait until after the eggs hatch?
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It might have to wait. The nesting girls are viewing the other 2 as threats and are keeping them far away.
 
Since the male and daughter are new, the mamas veiw them as threats and want to keep them away. Maybe block off the nests? But integration should wait until the eggs hatch, and even then the two mothers will want to protect their broods.
 
That makes sense. I'm kind of keeping them all separate at the moment. When they're all in at night I put a box over the nest with the mother on it and that is working well for now because then she can't see the others. Thanks!
 

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