Introduction of chicks to flock question

[Owntalin]

Hey guys. So we have bobwhites that we are going to be introducing to the flock. There are 3 males, 8 females and 4 babies we want to introduce. How do we do this please?
Ty xx

 

[Owntalin]

Bump

 

[Nabiki]

I'm not sure about Bobwhites, but with coturnix, I would put the new ones where the others can see but not touch for a week, then put them in with the rest.

@007Sean knows Bobs.

 

[007Sean]

Hey guys. So we have bobwhites that we are going to be introducing to the flock. There are 3 males, 8 females and 4 babies we want to introduce. How do we do this please?
Ty xx

You say "introduce to the flock" ....what does your flock consist of?
In general, not a good idea to introduce other birds to an 'established' group of birds. Fighting will occur. Young birds "babies" will be attacked immediately.
If your 'dead set' on doing it, then I'd follow @Nabiki advice but in general, this type of an approach doesn't work with gamebirds, expect losses.
Seperate enclosures work. Throwing different groups of birds altogether usually dosen't.
I have done this with birds that were all brooded together but if I tried to mix different broods together, the results was not a happy communal group.
I have what someone might call a 'look but don't touch' setup on all my pens but if another bird from an adjoining pen gets into the other pen, it gets attacked almost immediately.

 

[Owntalin]

You say "introduce to the flock" ....what does your flock consist of?
In general, not a good idea to introduce other birds to an 'established' group of birds. Fighting will occur. Young birds "babies" will be attacked immediately.
If your 'dead set' on doing it, then I'd follow @Nabiki advice but in general, this type of an approach doesn't work with gamebirds, expect losses.
Seperate enclosures work. Throwing different groups of birds altogether usually dosen't.
I have done this with birds that were all brooded together but if I tried to mix different broods together, the results was not a happy communal group.
I have what someone might call a 'look but don't touch' setup on all my pens but if another bird from an adjoining pen gets into the other pen, it gets attacked almost immediately.

Ohhh I thought u could? What about babies that u incubate then? Do they never join the flock? We have put them in the pen in another cage where they can see them. We will leave them for a week and see what happens after. We can't build another pen... We don't have the room.

 

[Owntalin]

You say "introduce to the flock" ....what does your flock consist of?
In general, not a good idea to introduce other birds to an 'established' group of birds. Fighting will occur. Young birds "babies" will be attacked immediately.
If your 'dead set' on doing it, then I'd follow @Nabiki advice but in general, this type of an approach doesn't work with gamebirds, expect losses.
Seperate enclosures work. Throwing different groups of birds altogether usually dosen't.
I have done this with birds that were all brooded together but if I tried to mix different broods together, the results was not a happy communal group.
I have what someone might call a 'look but don't touch' setup on all my pens but if another bird from an adjoining pen gets into the other pen, it gets attacked almost immediately.

I have said they are bobwhites with bobwhites.