Introducing just one?

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SavyNic

SavyNic

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Apr 9, 2020
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Hi everyone! We found out one of the birds we were really looking forward to is a cockerel. We want to replace him with a pullet of the same breed, but I have been reading that you should not introduce just one. All of our pullets are between 11-13 weeks old. We found a farm who sells birds between the ages of 2-4 months, and they have the breed we want. Since they’re all still young, would it still be as risky to introduce just one to our flock? We have 8 and so far there has been no fighting between them, even though it’s a completely mixed group of size and breed. Would love some advice!
 
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This is a good article on integrating new flock members:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-integrate-your-chicken-flock-the-easy-way.63034/
 
DobieLover said:
Hello and welcome to BYC! :frow Glad you joined.
Is the farm willing to take the cockerel? Can your coop and run support you purchasing two additional pullets after the cockerel has been removed?
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The farm does not want him, but there is a person interested in starting a flock with just his breed, so hopefully he comes through and takes our little dude. We have a 10ftx30ft run with two hen houses in it, so I would say yes, we probably could.
 

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