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Chirping
We have two flocks that we would like to integrate.
The first flock consists of five hens as follows:
A two year old ex egg farm Lohman Brown, Daphne (We did have two but lost Velma this morning )
A ten month old Amber Hybrid, Bess.
A twenty week old RIR, Lucky.
A nineteen week old RIR, Nugget.
A nineteen week old RIR, Pip.
We integrated Lucky, Nugget and Pip at around fifteen weeks, all three at once making sure that they had plenty of perch space and they were fully accepted within just over a week.
The second flock consists of a Rooster and four hens as follows:
Two seventeen week old RIR/Light Sussex hens, Belle and Etta.
Two sixteen week old Rhode Rock hens, Sooty and Coco.
A sixteen week old Barred Rock Rooster, Pingu.
We'd like to put the two flocks together but are not sure whether to just put the second flock in with the first and see what happens or whether we need to approach it in a different way. All birds are of a similar size. Does anyone have any advice?
The first flock consists of five hens as follows:
A two year old ex egg farm Lohman Brown, Daphne (We did have two but lost Velma this morning )
A ten month old Amber Hybrid, Bess.
A twenty week old RIR, Lucky.
A nineteen week old RIR, Nugget.
A nineteen week old RIR, Pip.
We integrated Lucky, Nugget and Pip at around fifteen weeks, all three at once making sure that they had plenty of perch space and they were fully accepted within just over a week.
The second flock consists of a Rooster and four hens as follows:
Two seventeen week old RIR/Light Sussex hens, Belle and Etta.
Two sixteen week old Rhode Rock hens, Sooty and Coco.
A sixteen week old Barred Rock Rooster, Pingu.
We'd like to put the two flocks together but are not sure whether to just put the second flock in with the first and see what happens or whether we need to approach it in a different way. All birds are of a similar size. Does anyone have any advice?