I am new to chickens and got lots of great information here so I thought I would post what I have done for other newbies coming along. I have 12 hens at the moment (8 Orpingtons, 3 Plymoth Rocks, and 1 Black Turken adopted from a friend).
My friend called and said that the nieghbors dogs killed all but one of their flock of Turkens. I wanted her to have a good home so I added her to my flock.
I brought her home that evenening and released her into the coop with the girls that were already in for the night. Well that caused quite the fight. So I grabbed her and put her in a all wire dog carrier and gave her water and food and left her in the middle of the coop.
next day I took her outside and let her go with the others. After watching over her for about 30min refing the more agressive attacks I left them. Well she didn't come home that night.
Next day. I found her and it took some doing but I got her and put her back in the dog carrier and put her in the coop with food and water for the day. That night I put her on the roost after everyone was up for the night.
Next day they were all fine. Other than the ocational pecking and chasing around when I through some corn out. But, she comes in and roosts every night. Most of the time she is in before everyone else.
My friend called and said that the nieghbors dogs killed all but one of their flock of Turkens. I wanted her to have a good home so I added her to my flock.
I brought her home that evenening and released her into the coop with the girls that were already in for the night. Well that caused quite the fight. So I grabbed her and put her in a all wire dog carrier and gave her water and food and left her in the middle of the coop.
next day I took her outside and let her go with the others. After watching over her for about 30min refing the more agressive attacks I left them. Well she didn't come home that night.
Next day. I found her and it took some doing but I got her and put her back in the dog carrier and put her in the coop with food and water for the day. That night I put her on the roost after everyone was up for the night.
Next day they were all fine. Other than the ocational pecking and chasing around when I through some corn out. But, she comes in and roosts every night. Most of the time she is in before everyone else.
