Integrating breeds

[Lady Marion]

I have 25 Red Star pullets and 26 dominique pullets, three weeks old. I kept them in groups of a dozen, give or take, in wire-covered bins in the garage, and started taking them out to "play" at a week old. They are now three weeks old, almost fully feathered, and we are building them a coop.

My question is, how do I integrate them? Is it even possible to mix the two breeds? I have tried a couple times, but the Red Stars pick on the Dominiques almost right away, so I stopped trying. Any suggestions, or do we need two coops?

 

[GAchick]

It would've been easier to integrate at the beginning, if you've had them that long. Are they about the same size? They are going to peck some, to establish a new pecking order.

 

[Judy]

You can just let them do their thing, unless it gets bloody. They will settle down after a day or two. It might help to let them loose into a large yard and have a bunch of treats ready, to distract them.