- May 6, 2010
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I seem to be having an issue mixing my 16 week old pullet into my flock of 10 hens and 1 roo. I started over 2 months ago by putting her in a dog kennel(sorry if this is wrong) in the coop at nite and during the day in a sectioned off part of the run.Last week I started mixing her into the run for "meet and greet" time.At first it was pretty rough but it settled down, she follows the roo around and he doesn't seem bothered by her the problem is with the hens.There is the normal chasing her in the run and a peck here and there.The issue comes when they chase her into the coop,they pin her down and attack her.I have had to pull them off her more than once.I'm confused with this behavior because she has been in the coop for so long.My husband says just put her in there and let them figure it out but i scared they will hurt her.What should i do?