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[Soon2BChixMom]

ISA and red sex links (black sex links too) are all derived from RIR and known to sometimes have issues with rejecting new flockmates. It can happen in any breed, but they're the worst in my experience. Hens police other hens, and roosters police other roosters, mostly. So if you're introducing new girls, it's your alpha girls that will try to ensure the new girls know their place in the chicken yard. Roosters are pretty much always happy to have more girls around.

The ISAs I've had weren't so bad but they weren't dominant birds, and that's the kicker. If they know they're the bottom, they're not going to cause as much trouble generally. Straight up RSL tend to have more fire in their veins, but selective breeding for battery layers has knocked ISAs down some attitude notches, which should benefit you.

Even spitfires and harridans can tone it down eventually. Hens don't usually get too bloody with newbies. EEs can be pretty bad too, but I've never seen them be that bad (they're more likely to take exception to other species--like cats, dogs, squirrels, rats, etc).

Thanks for the info and heads up. After you posted earlier, I looked into it and you are right. I guess I will have to take my chances and provide them with the best integration set up as possible. I had heard about RIR being firery, but had not heard much about the IBs. I knew they were gentically part RIR too. My EE was pretty fiesty when she was in deep molt, but since then she has settled back down to what I witnessed when I first got her.

 

[Chaneys Ranch]

Wow eggs! anyone else its like I have pullets again! Hoping My geese and ducks start soon, huge waiting list! I don't do artificial lighting so we go without fresh about a month every year.

 

[Indyshent]

Probably going to get out of poultry. Put an ad on craigslist. Have 6 mixed breed roosters/cockerels and two mixed turkeys. Needing to downsize. Will consider finding new homes for the pullets and the pair of white silkies but only after I get rid of these extra guys.

Health is terrible. It's been more than a year since the car accident, and I'm still not functioning right. If anything, I've been getting worse. After years of complaining about pain (even a feeling of heaviness, like there might be a mass there), I might finally be getting some doctor to take me seriously. Probably also undergoing premature menopause (due to said failing ovary).

As much as I love the birds, I can't afford them, can't spend much time with them, get worn out too quickly to do necessary labor, and always feel like I should be doing something that benefits my family more, since the kids have lost interest, and no one supports my hobby here. I'm so tired of arguing. Plus, my neighbor hates them.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Probably going to get out of poultry. Put an ad on craigslist. Have 6 mixed breed roosters/cockerels and two mixed turkeys. Needing to downsize. Will consider finding new homes for the pullets and the pair of white silkies but only after I get rid of these extra guys.

Health is terrible. It's been more than a year since the car accident, and I'm still not functioning right. If anything, I've been getting worse. After years of complaining about pain (even a feeling of heaviness, like there might be a mass there), I might finally be getting some doctor to take me seriously. Probably also undergoing premature menopause (due to said failing ovary).

As much as I love the birds, I can't afford them, can't spend much time with them, get worn out too quickly to do necessary labor, and always feel like I should be doing something that benefits my family more, since the kids have lost interest, and no one supports my hobby here. I'm so tired of arguing. Plus, my neighbor hates them.

Thst has got to be a hard decision.

 

[Indyshent]

Lady with a farm, kids, and no other roosters wants to take all my birds Saturday, so provided she shows up and doesn't change her mind, all the birds are going to have a nicer, bigger home this weekend.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Sorry to hear that @Indyshent . But I agree that you need to focus on your health. If you decide to get birds later, you always can so it's not a forever decision.

Take care of yourself!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Lady with a farm, kids, and no other roosters wants to take all my birds Saturday, so provided she shows up and doesn't change her mind, all the birds are going to have a nicer, bigger home this weekend.

I hope she comes through for you. That will be a relief to have that taken care of.

 

[Faraday40]

@Indyshent so sorry things have been so difficult for you. As others have said, you must take care of yourself and family first. Please feel welcomed to log on, share life's little interests, and experience chicken virtually via BYC when you can. I really like this thread b/c it's a lot more than just chickens.

 

[pginsber]

Probably going to get out of poultry. Put an ad on craigslist. Have 6 mixed breed roosters/cockerels and two mixed turkeys. Needing to downsize. Will consider finding new homes for the pullets and the pair of white silkies but only after I get rid of these extra guys.

Health is terrible. It's been more than a year since the car accident, and I'm still not functioning right. If anything, I've been getting worse. After years of complaining about pain (even a feeling of heaviness, like there might be a mass there), I might finally be getting some doctor to take me seriously. Probably also undergoing premature menopause (due to said failing ovary).

As much as I love the birds, I can't afford them, can't spend much time with them, get worn out too quickly to do necessary labor, and always feel like I should be doing something that benefits my family more, since the kids have lost interest, and no one supports my hobby here. I'm so tired of arguing. Plus, my neighbor hates them.

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[Faraday40]

Why do hens do this? (Two girls stuffed into ONE nest box)

.......Especially when all the others are vacant!