So I have a rescue meat bird who's sister just died so I wanted to introduce a new hen, so she has a companion, I got a barred rock hen...and they faught and now my exsisting resuce hen is bloody and won't go in the coop, what do I do??
How old are the birds? What breed is the meat bird? We had a similar experience trying to integrate some meat pullets with laying pullets. I think they were all about 5 or 6 weeks old and it did NOT go well. The meat birds were being mercilessly bullied by the laying birds. One ended up with a pretty bad wound on it's leg. Our solution was to put the meat pullets in a dog crate inside the coop. That allowed them to have some company while keeping them safe. It was a little bit more work but manageable. PapaBear
