Introducing new birds

[duckncover]

I picked up a pair of polish last night. I'm super happy with them but I'm a bit conflicted about how to introduce them to my existing birds. I already have one rooster. He was born in May of 2022 and is pretty reasonable with most situations you would expect a rooster to care about. The new rooster is 10 months old and him and the hen came from a trusted source. They are in a pen inside of my flocks run with a different small coop set up for them. I don't see much interaction on either roosters end. Is this a good sign and what events should proceed this? Ideally they all get along.

 

[3KillerBs]

I'm about to clock back in to work so I don't have much time but,

Here are some useful articles on integration:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/integrating-new-birds-at-4-weeks-old.72603/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-coop-brooder-and-integration.74591/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/introducing-new-chickens-using-the-“see-but-don’t-touch”-method.67839/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/adding-to-your-flock.47756/

Introducing roosters to each other isn't known for working well, but it's not *impossible*.

 

[Mrs. K]

They don't call it cockfighting for nothing. Personally, I think you might be headed for a wreck, but I don't have any polish birds so have no experience with them. Strange things can work... but not generally with roosters, especially two roosters both over the age of 6 months.

Mrs K