pony007
Songster
I rescued a hen from a grocery stor parkinglot about a month ago. Shes been in quarenteen, and has remained healthy and bug free, so i want to start the integration process.
The current flock is comprised of 8 Pullets that are around 8 months and, 13 pullets that are 10ish weeks. They are a mix of brahma, cochin, and orpintons, with the 1 barred rock and 1 olive egger. They are all together in a1000ish ft2 run with a 8x12 coop with lots of hidey spots everywhere. I have 4 different food/water stations spaced out in the run.
The recued hen is currently in a 6x8 dog run in the big run. She has a dog crate to roost in at night and to get out of the weather. I think she is either full american game bird or crossed with one. The first week i put her in the dog run she would try and fight through the fence with the other older pullets. She didnt react at all with the younger pullets. Now coming into the second week, she and the older pullets seem fine and dont seem to care about each other anymore. I have not tried putting her in the coop, because she is very scared of people and gets reeeaally stressed out when i catch her. (been working on building some trust with her, but its going very slow.. Getting better tho!)
I would like some advice on how long i should keep her seperate from the flock. A month maybe? Any other tips to try and make this the least stressful on everyone? Id appriciate any and all advice
The current flock is comprised of 8 Pullets that are around 8 months and, 13 pullets that are 10ish weeks. They are a mix of brahma, cochin, and orpintons, with the 1 barred rock and 1 olive egger. They are all together in a1000ish ft2 run with a 8x12 coop with lots of hidey spots everywhere. I have 4 different food/water stations spaced out in the run.
The recued hen is currently in a 6x8 dog run in the big run. She has a dog crate to roost in at night and to get out of the weather. I think she is either full american game bird or crossed with one. The first week i put her in the dog run she would try and fight through the fence with the other older pullets. She didnt react at all with the younger pullets. Now coming into the second week, she and the older pullets seem fine and dont seem to care about each other anymore. I have not tried putting her in the coop, because she is very scared of people and gets reeeaally stressed out when i catch her. (been working on building some trust with her, but its going very slow.. Getting better tho!)
I would like some advice on how long i should keep her seperate from the flock. A month maybe? Any other tips to try and make this the least stressful on everyone? Id appriciate any and all advice
