Introducing a small chicken to a flock of big ones

[Chickenlovercr]

Hello everyone!

I used to have 4 chickens (ISA Brown) and a rooster, a few months ago a possum killed 3 of them, only a chicken and the rooster survived. 4 weeks ago we got 3 new chickens 13 weeks old, now they are 17 weeks old, all ISA Brown and I put them in a separated coop for a few days and then I added them to the old chicken and rooster, at the beginning it was rough since the old one chased the new ones but now they get along, a few pecks in the head from now and then but nothing too serious. We have a big garden so they just explore and go around all day.

I'm a volunteer at a wildlife rescue center in the highlands of Costa Rica and we have chickens so we can produce eggs for the sloths and monkeys. The thing is that one of the owners gave a me a small chicken, the one in the picture, and I have no idea what kind it is and I'm afraid that when I put them with the others they are going to kill her since she is so small. Right now I have her in a small coop and the other chickens are out in the garden so they can see her through the fence.


So does anyone know what kind of chicken it is and what should I do to introduce her to the flock since she is so small?

Thanks guys, I appreciate it in advance!

 

[CannedMonster]

It’s probably a bantam if some kind.
She will not like being bred by your standard size rooster.
Bantams can be in a flock with LF birds but like I said, it’s better if there’s no rooster or the roo is a bantam.
I’d either rehome her to someone with bantams or get more bantams to keep her company and keep them separate from the large birds.