- Mar 21, 2012
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I just went and got 2 new hens yesterday to add to our smaller group of hens.
We already had 4 speckled sussex and 4 red star sex links hens since there were a week or 2 old.
Now my 8 are around 2 and half nearly 3 months old.
The new hens we got are around 5 to 5 and half months old and are a red star and black star sex links.
I notice the 2 new hens sit away from the 8 we already had and a few times the new and old pecked at each other.
Is this normal or did i do bad moving in 2 new older hens into a group that grew up together.
The reason we got the 2 new hens is because they should start to lay eggs at the end of June at least.
The 2 new hens we got from a farmer said they were all up to date on deworming and they look very healthy.
We just kind of threw them in the mix because we only have 1 really big run and 1 coop for them to all sleep in at night.
Should i be worried of disease these new hens could bring to our 8 hens we already had?
Also will the new and older hens every get along? Thanks
We already had 4 speckled sussex and 4 red star sex links hens since there were a week or 2 old.
Now my 8 are around 2 and half nearly 3 months old.
The new hens we got are around 5 to 5 and half months old and are a red star and black star sex links.
I notice the 2 new hens sit away from the 8 we already had and a few times the new and old pecked at each other.
Is this normal or did i do bad moving in 2 new older hens into a group that grew up together.
The reason we got the 2 new hens is because they should start to lay eggs at the end of June at least.
The 2 new hens we got from a farmer said they were all up to date on deworming and they look very healthy.
We just kind of threw them in the mix because we only have 1 really big run and 1 coop for them to all sleep in at night.
Should i be worried of disease these new hens could bring to our 8 hens we already had?
Also will the new and older hens every get along? Thanks
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