intergrated new chickens......

[arnr1530]

hello,
i am getting ready this wkend to build a bigger coop then the one i have that currently holds 3 brahma hens a RIR hen and brahma roo, but i got two new chickens a 9 month old buff orpington and a 14 wk old approx.??? ( if any one can help me age her please please tell me ) silver laced wyndette i tried introducing them all in the old coop but then had to separate cause the older hens pecked a whole in the youngest ones head and then they new ones had lice they are all better now but i believe that making the new coop and introducing them all to it together at once would be better ? does anyone else think so and if you so do you think it will go a bit easier doing it in the new coop them putting them in the old one together ?

thank you very much

 

[Rich386]

You need to separate them but keep them so they see each other for a few weeks.They see the others as intruders not as an addition to the flock.

 

[arnr1530]

You need to separate them but keep them so they see each other for a few weeks.They see the others as intruders not as an addition to the flock.

even if im putting them all into a new coop? they are near each other now and they dont seem to bother the roost actually is very protective of the new ones i had to give them a bath the other day cause of their lice and he was freaking out!!!

 

[Den in Penn]

Putting them straight in the new coop at the same time could work. Since the have interacted with each other there still could still be problems. Having a plan to divide the new coop for a week for them to get used to each other in case there is trouble might not be a idea. And then do a slow introduction.