Introducing new poults to adults

[HChambers82]

I have 2 8 month old Bourbon Red hens, 1 Narragansett hen and a 2 year old Bronze Tom. I have 6 more poults (day old hatchery) coming in May. I was thinking of seeing if I can hatch out a couple poults at the same time to help with transition. Is this a good idea? Is it even feasible? If not, how should I go about introducing the new poults to my established adult birds?

 

[Banditschickens]

If you got the space put another cage/fenced inside the area for the
young ones to grow in so they can see hear each other to get used to them.

 

[meetthebubus]

Do a search on here for the topic 'integrating' lots of good advice and tales on that

 

[HChambers82]

If you got the space put another cage/fenced inside the area for the
young ones to grow in so they can see hear each other to get used to them.

That's kinda what I had planned, I guess I was looking for conformation. Thank you. I'm new-ish to turkeys. I've had these for 8 months but never had any before. Chickens are so much easier to predict.

 

[HChambers82]

Do a search on here for the topic 'integrating' lots of good advice and tales on that

THANK YOU!! I kept searching "introducing..." and it kept taking me to the new members forum! My brain wasn't coming up with any other words that meant what I meant. Hahahaha!

 

[Banditschickens]

We all do that one.

 

[R2elk]

I have 2 8 month old Bourbon Red hens, 1 Narragansett hen and a 2 year old Bronze Tom. I have 6 more poults (day old hatchery) coming in May. I was thinking of seeing if I can hatch out a couple poults at the same time to help with transition. Is this a good idea? Is it even feasible? If not, how should I go about introducing the new poults to my established adult birds?

You wait until the new poults are old enough to be on their own, probably at least 2 months old. Allow the adults to see the young ones without any physical contact for at least a week before they are introduced.