How young is too young.

[zazouse]

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If she has had them for 5 weeks already they would have already gotten something by now don't ya think?

I understand quarantine if you just got new birds but not if you have had them or perhaps hatched them yourself right?

I have always believed the sooner you expose them to the flock the better if you have hatched them yourself, I don't feed medicated feed and have never had any problems.

 

[dsqard]

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The poor Aussie looks like he/she is lost among all those birds! I will also have to keep a copy of that picture so I can prove that we don't have a lot of chickens!!

 

[zazouse]

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The poor Aussie looks like he/she is lost among all those birds! I will also have to keep a copy of that picture so I can prove that we don't have a lot of chickens!!

Shes not lost, she's just explaining to me that she is eating their food cause they ate the rest of hers.

Most of the time she lays in over the tub and they got to eat around her .LOL

 

[Pardee_Boy]

I built a 4x4 ' coop inside of my shed and cut a pop door into the side of it. Then added a 8x4' run for them . This is right next to the other birds coop and the older girls are already saying hello by jumping on the wall of the coop inside of the shed and looking down in wonder.

 

[saladin]

500, now that is more like it!!!

Unless the chicks are hen reared it is always best to keep them away from the hens as long as possible even it reared on the same place. The reasons stem from cocci, CRD, to coryza; not to mention the death of chicks by ugly hens.

However, in a free-range situation such as it appears you have and as I have, things are truly different as the chicks have can escape. Most folks don't have the number of birds we have nor the space. Thus, they typically have more contagions in a more confined area.

I've never had a dog as smart and family protective as my Aussie. Ours is now 8 years old.

 

[zazouse]

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Yea i forget not everyone can free range .

Yes Aussies can be very smart, this one is just coming 6 months, she has a habit of showing her teeth like she is snarling when she comes to you or gets excited, cute to me but could be mistaken for aggression, but i don't have anyone living anywhere near my place so i try not to worry about it.

I had a tri aussie years ago ,that was not good with chickens behind my back, I caught him killing a chicken once and thought i had cured him, all of a sudden i kept losing a hen here and there and that just don't happen here like that.

One day i was up in the loft of the horse barn and happen to look out and her he comes with a hen in his mouth,i watched from the top of the loft and saw him climbing up on the hay bales below and settled in for his hen breakfast.

That day i placed my rifle up in the loft, two days later i was up in the loft, here he came again hen in his mouth, that was his last meal,
he never seen it coming just like my hens cause he slept with them.

 

[saladin]

Mine does the snarling thing too; we all think it is hilarious!

 

[carrlr]

I can only speak for myself. I introduced my 11-12 week olds earlier this year to an existing flock and they did just fine. Prior to adding them directly to the coop, I placed them in an area nearby separated by chicken wire a couple times. Shortly before roosting time, on the night I put them together, I closed the coop door and locked older chickens in the run. I let the new chickens get settled in. Then I let the older ones in to roost. The next morning I was sure to open the coop early before they were milling around in the coop. I also made sure there were plenty of food and water locations.

 

[zazouse]

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So it must be a characteristic of the breed, cause i know someone else that has an aussie that does the same thing as ours.