New Hens to older flock, when will they accept my roosters?

[DazzlingSkies17]

I have a few questions, before my questions I recently got 8 new older hens to add to my current flock the hens range 1.5yrs to 6 years old. My flock is all a year old. I did the quarantine everyone checked out, I made a seperate cage inside my coop/ run for an additional 3 weeks to introduce everyone. I took that down very little squabbles between everyone, All get along extremely well new girls still laying. **the new hens never been around a rooster**

QUESTIONS:
1.when will my older hens breed to my boys?
2.What does the lavenderish one look like (will get better pics)
3.

My "old flock"
2 ee roosters
HENS:
2 ee (aka Lil hawks)
1 blk sex link
1 majestic maran
1 australorp
4 Rhode Island Reds
2 production reds

New Flock:
2 Sicilian Buttercups? So they look 1.5 yrs
2 speckled sussex 1 is age 2, the other is 6
1 ee 2 yrs
1 lavender idk what 1.5yrs
1 buff that was called "Orpington" but she lays green eggs, so buff ee? 2yrs
1 barred rock 2yrs

 

[Tonyroo]

How old are the roosters?

 

[DazzlingSkies17]

How old are the roosters?

They are both a year old ( almost 1.5)

 

[Tonyroo]

It should take about 2 month for them to integrate completely when they live with them. During that time pecking order will be established.

 

[DazzlingSkies17]

It should take about 2 month for them to integrate completely when they live with them. During that time pecking order will be established.

Thank you, guess I get to spoil the family for another 2 months with eggs for eating and not hatching lol. This is my first time adding older hens, I've always added chicks and by the time they were ready everyone was set.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I have a few questions, before my questions I recently got 8 new older hens to add to my current flock the hens range 1.5yrs to 6 years old. My flock is all a year old. I did the quarantine everyone checked out, I made a seperate cage inside my coop/ run for an additional 3 weeks to introduce everyone. I took that down very little squabbles between everyone, All get along extremely well new girls still laying. **the new hens never been around a rooster**
QUESTIONS:
1.when will my older hens breed to my boys?

It sounds like your integration went really well and you now have a flock with two relatively mature roosters and several mature hens. My goal when integrating is that no one gets hurt. Sounds like you managed that.

Each integration is different because each chicken has its own personality. That's why you don't get guarantees of what will happen because about anything can. Usually when you introduce mature roosters to mature hens the roosters mate a couple of them and the roosters and hens are one flock. If you have immature cockerels it doesn't work that way but your boys should be mature enough. The hens in the two different flocks have to set up their pecking order. Sometimes that can be pretty vicious, sometimes it is so gentle you don't even notice it happening. I don't know how long they have been getting along extremely well but it sounds like yours was a gentle one.

Sometimes a hen that has been the dominant hen in a flock with no roosters does not want to give up her position as flock master, that can get vicious between her and the rooster. If you haven't seen them fighting by now that probably won't happen. Often it is that easy.

Since you want to incubate, I'd start looking for the bull's eye in those new girls' eggs. The bull's eye is how you can tell that they are fertile. If most of the eggs you open have the bull's eye then most of the eggs laid after that one by that hen should also be fertile. This thread shows you what to look for. Since they had never seen a rooster before your roosters will be the daddy of any chick.

Fertile Egg Photos

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures

2.What does the lavenderish one look like (will get better pics)

Not sure what you are asking here.

 

[DazzlingSkies17]

It sounds like your integration went really well and you now have a flock with two relatively mature roosters and several mature hens. My goal when integrating is that no one gets hurt. Sounds like you managed that.

Each integration is different because each chicken has its own personality. That's why you don't get guarantees of what will happen because about anything can. Usually when you introduce mature roosters to mature hens the roosters mate a couple of them and the roosters and hens are one flock. If you have immature cockerels it doesn't work that way but your boys should be mature enough. The hens in the two different flocks have to set up their pecking order. Sometimes that can be pretty vicious, sometimes it is so gentle you don't even notice it happening. I don't know how long they have been getting along extremely well but it sounds like yours was a gentle one.

Sometimes a hen that has been the dominant hen in a flock with no roosters does not want to give up her position as flock master, that can get vicious between her and the rooster. If you haven't seen them fighting by now that probably won't happen. Often it is that easy.

Since you want to incubate, I'd start looking for the bull's eye in those new girls' eggs. The bull's eye is how you can tell that they are fertile. If most of the eggs you open have the bull's eye then most of the eggs laid after that one by that hen should also be fertile. This thread shows you what to look for. Since they had never seen a rooster before your roosters will be the daddy of any chick.

Fertile Egg Photos

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures


Not sure what you are asking here.

They've been together in the same coop no fence for 3 weeks but seen each other 6 weeks. The only "fighting" was very little lasted maybe an hour or 2 when I let everyone together then it was normal and thankfully still remains that way. Knock on wood I've only had 1 bad experience with adding new chickens out of all my years.
I just constantly notice the new girls running from the boys, no fertile eggs from them. I have cute babies and eggs right now in my bator hatch date tomorrow ☺ . They make beautiful babies. I guess I'm just being impatient and want more variety lol.

Well 2 of my new girls I have no idea what they are. One I can assume is EE because she lays this beautiful minty green egg, the other I have no idea what she might be she's this lavenderish color and she lays brown eggs. I'm posting pics of them that are in question

 

[DazzlingSkies17]

This girl lays the green eggs

 

[DazzlingSkies17]

This one I don't know what she is, lays brown eggs.

 

[CO ChickenMom]

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This one I don't know what she is, lays brown eggs.

She looks like my Saphire Gem