Integration opinions

[Thancock760]

So fries has been in her cage in the main run for two days. I let her out and supervise them all within their run. Two of my girls peck her quite a bit. Normally I would be less concerned, except I don’t know health wise of fries can handle it after her hawk deal last Wednesday.

Keeping her in a cage is not an option more than a couple more days. She absolutely wants to be with her crew. What would you do? Let them figure it out and hope they don’t fuc* her up?

Thoughts?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Is she able to eat/drink on her own? Able to move walk/run/defend herself from the others?
If she can do these things and has no open wounds, try re-integration and see what happens.
They very well may attack her instead of just pecking her quite a bit - you don't know what's going to happen, so monitor closely.
You can also try caging her within the run, so they get used to seeing her again. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock.71997/

 

[Thancock760]

Is she able to eat/drink on her own? Able to move walk/run/defend herself from the others?
If she can do these things and has no open wounds, try re-integration and see what happens.
They very well may attack her instead of just pecking her quite a bit - you don't know what's going to happen, so monitor closely.
You can also try caging her within the run, so they get used to seeing her again. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-a-single-hen-to-an-existing-flock.71997/

I currently do have her caged in the run. She is eating and drinking. When she was out for the small interactions- she does run from them. I dunno, I feel so mixed. She is unhappy locked in the cage.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I think all you can do is just keep working on having her interact with them and see how it goes, if they are not pinning her down and injuring her, then see if they work it out. I'm sure she's unhappy in the cage.

 

[aart]

has been in her cage in the main run for two days

Was she separated before that?
If so, where and for how long?

 

[Thancock760]

Was she separated before that?
If so, where and for how long?

Separated from wed-sat. I ended up putting her in the coop at dark last night, she settled in and went to sleep. I got up late this am- 7 and she was out hanging with the girls with no apparent damage and avoiding the mean girls as any other chicken would. She sat up on a perch branch and hopped down. Cruised around and went back in coop with all the girls again. She seems ok.

 

[Mrs. K]

your golden then

 

[Thancock760]

One of the mean girls jumped her and pulled at her head feathers, so I put mean girl in the kennel inside the run and she had a time out for the day. We will see how it goes tomorrow. But Fries is in the coop with the crew and seemed to enjoy getting a chance to act like a chicken.