Integrating new chicks

[cmom]

I would have done the same thing. Now meany is at the bottom of the pecking order with her new flock. Good luck and have fun...

 

[Mamatomany123]

I would have done the same thing. Now meany is at the bottom of the pecking order with her new flock. Good luck and have fun...

Yeah, they also have her in a flock now with a rooster. Hes a good rooster but we hope he keeps her in check if she tries to get mean with them.

 

[cmom]

Sometimes, especially when the environment is changed it can make a difference. I notice it even when I move birds from one coop to another.

 

[Mamatomany123]

Sometimes, especially when the environment is changed it can make a difference. I notice it even when I move birds from one coop to another.

Well, I had noticed her behavior changing before I had even gotten the chicks. She was picking on one of the other hens she grew up with and had started pecking at me her pecking became biting me. The chicks was kind of the last straw.

 

[Mrs. K]

always solve for peace in the flock.

 

[Mamatomany123]

always solve for peace in the flock.

I'm now wondering how much she really was bothering them. We've been getting 6 out of 11 eggs for a while. I thought it was just the time of year and weather. Today we got 9 out of 10.

 

[Mrs. K]

Well the days are getting longer, but tension in the flock, spreads to even the ones not being harassed. And it can easily show in the number of eggs you get.