Is this okay?

PaperBirb

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Sep 22, 2020
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So We recently got 4 more chickens (now 7.) we have White legbars, easter eggers, and white fluffy ones with white Afro looking feathers. The original ones, the white legbars, sound sad. Paper (the bird I originally talked about) stayed inside the coop. All different breeds of the chickens are away from each other. Is this okay?
 
So We recently got 4 more chickens (now 7.) we have White legbars, easter eggers, and white fluffy ones with white Afro looking feathers. The original ones, the white legbars, sound sad. Paper (the bird I originally talked about) stayed inside the coop. All different breeds of the chickens are away from each other. Is this okay?
they are most likely established or just establishing a pecking order with people going down in rank i personally have three ladies at bottom rank that all hang out together
 
I would give them more time to sort things out. Is there plenty of room? Are you able to hang out with them some? Sounds like the makings of a lovely flock just needing to adjust.
Good luck!
 
Adding more chickens can be stressful for them but I hope they'll settle down together soon. For me the marker of everyone coexisting peaceably was when I could hand feed them greens and things and they could eat together without too much chaos. Spending time with them and watching how and who they eat with and who buddies with who can tell you a lot about what's working.
 
How old are the different groups? Differences in maturity levels has a lot to do with behaviors.

I have no idea what is going on with their ages, how much room they have, their sex, or how you are managing them. My definition of a successful integration is that no one gets hurt. It's that simple. They don't have to all be one big happy flock, sitting around the campfire eating s'mores and singing cum-ba-yah together. All that can come later and probably will. When you are integrating it is fairly normal for different groups to go their own way at first. If there are significant maturity level differences that can go on a long time.

Of course they need the basics, food, water, protection from predators day and night. But as long as no one is getting hurt your integration is successful.
 

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