ninja333pirate
Songster
So I have 6 chickens right now, 5 hens and one rooster (or nearly they are 11 months old)
I also am trading one hen for a silkie hen 1.5 years old, (going to quarantine first)
I also have 3 Silkies (one pullet and 2 cockerels 10 weeks old)
and on top of that I have a mix of 10 chicks in the brooder (3 are 4 weeks old and the rest are 5 weeks old)
The 10 chicks are, 3 EEs (hatched from my own EEs) 2 Sebrights, 5 silver duckwing OEGBs
3 of the silver duckwing OEGBs are cockerels and the other 2 are pullets.
I am not sure on gender of the Sebrights and not sure on gender of the EEs
My current (almost) rooster is going to a livestock auction either this Monday or next Monday (heat wave might cause it to be canceled)
one of the OEGB pullets is going to my boyfriend to integrate into his flock of Polish chickens (his roosters are smaller then my EE rooster so hope the size difference is not going to be a problem)
the rest of the males will at some point be going up to the auction as well. (all except any potential Sebright cockerels)
anyone have any suggestions on introducing all of them together at some point? the silkie chicks are in a brooder in the coop and I take them out every day and put them in a large dog crate in the run so the adults and the chicks can see each other. Should I keep the silkie cockerels for now to ease the pullet into the flock easier then get rid of them at a later date when she and the other adult silkie are part of the flock?
Also should I send a male OEGB with the pullet OEGB with my boyfriend to help integrate the pullet into the group of 4 week old Polish chicks he has, that way they can integrate and then eventually we can remove the one male when she is part of that group?
Should I introduce the adult silkie to the baby Silkies in a month after quarantine before letting them all make contact with each other (continuing the look no see method on the young Silkies until the Silkie hen is also able to be introduced to the whole flock)?
Or even further on that should I wait to introduce the young Silkies and the younger chicks together with a look no touch method between all groups?
any insights would be welcome!
ps. when I get rid of the (almost) rooster and I will be taking all 3 of the OEGB cockerels (or 2 if I borrow one to my SO to integrate the 2 5 week old chicks with his 4 week old polish chicks) to the auction here soon)
I also am trading one hen for a silkie hen 1.5 years old, (going to quarantine first)
I also have 3 Silkies (one pullet and 2 cockerels 10 weeks old)
and on top of that I have a mix of 10 chicks in the brooder (3 are 4 weeks old and the rest are 5 weeks old)
The 10 chicks are, 3 EEs (hatched from my own EEs) 2 Sebrights, 5 silver duckwing OEGBs
3 of the silver duckwing OEGBs are cockerels and the other 2 are pullets.
I am not sure on gender of the Sebrights and not sure on gender of the EEs
My current (almost) rooster is going to a livestock auction either this Monday or next Monday (heat wave might cause it to be canceled)
one of the OEGB pullets is going to my boyfriend to integrate into his flock of Polish chickens (his roosters are smaller then my EE rooster so hope the size difference is not going to be a problem)
the rest of the males will at some point be going up to the auction as well. (all except any potential Sebright cockerels)
anyone have any suggestions on introducing all of them together at some point? the silkie chicks are in a brooder in the coop and I take them out every day and put them in a large dog crate in the run so the adults and the chicks can see each other. Should I keep the silkie cockerels for now to ease the pullet into the flock easier then get rid of them at a later date when she and the other adult silkie are part of the flock?
Also should I send a male OEGB with the pullet OEGB with my boyfriend to help integrate the pullet into the group of 4 week old Polish chicks he has, that way they can integrate and then eventually we can remove the one male when she is part of that group?
Should I introduce the adult silkie to the baby Silkies in a month after quarantine before letting them all make contact with each other (continuing the look no see method on the young Silkies until the Silkie hen is also able to be introduced to the whole flock)?
Or even further on that should I wait to introduce the young Silkies and the younger chicks together with a look no touch method between all groups?
any insights would be welcome!
ps. when I get rid of the (almost) rooster and I will be taking all 3 of the OEGB cockerels (or 2 if I borrow one to my SO to integrate the 2 5 week old chicks with his 4 week old polish chicks) to the auction here soon)