nzchickmama
Chirping
- Jan 22, 2021
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I have a 5 month old hen (not laying yet) who is recently single and we just bought two 5-week old hylines as her (eventual) companions.
Any recommendations as to what to expect with them getting used to each other?! We’ve got them seperated for now, but they can see/smell each other through the mesh in the run. Earlier I put the little ones in with Dotti to see what would happen and she wasn’t too concerned, but kept pecking their tails and chased them whenever they touched anything of hers (food scraps etc).
The only info I can find online about introducing new chickens talks about having an established flock, rather than just one chicken.
Do I need to wait until the newbies are a bit bigger? Or do we just do small visits together each day?
Any recommendations as to what to expect with them getting used to each other?! We’ve got them seperated for now, but they can see/smell each other through the mesh in the run. Earlier I put the little ones in with Dotti to see what would happen and she wasn’t too concerned, but kept pecking their tails and chased them whenever they touched anything of hers (food scraps etc).
The only info I can find online about introducing new chickens talks about having an established flock, rather than just one chicken.
Do I need to wait until the newbies are a bit bigger? Or do we just do small visits together each day?