Introducing new birds

[dougp23]

My firend had a flock of 8 hens.

He gives me 2 of them about 4 months ago. They have been doing great.
Now he wants to give me 2 more of them....will it be mayhem? Will they sort of remember that they all lived together at one point??

 

[gkeesling]

It's been long enough there will be a little commotion when you put them together. but, since you have two hens and are putting two hens in with them, it shouldn't last to long. I don't ususally mess with separating them for a while so they can get "used" to each other. I just throw them all in together. After a few days everything is back to normal.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

Try looking at this for some ideas how to make it better:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2593-adding-to-your-flock