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[Auntie Mimi]

Hello everyone,
I have had my chickens for almost a year and a half. I have 3 hens and 1 rooster that are Rhode Island Reds. 3 hens and 1 rooster that are Easter eggers. 3 hens that are Bard Rocks and 2 hens and 1 rooster that are Australorps. 2 of my hens are brooding and I so far have 5 chicks. Still more eggs and am anxious to know how many more I will get. This is my first experience with brooding moms and their chicks, so any advice I could get on that would be great. Currently my hens are separated with their roosters. I know have a small barn and am going to be integrating all the chickens together. If anyone else has done that, I could also use some advice on that. I am excited to hear what you have to say. Thanks

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join us here! Congratulations on your new chicks Here is a great thread that I'm sure you will find most helpful ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ody-hen-hatch-a-long-and-informational-thread

Wishing you the very best of luck with your flock in the future and enjoy your time here on BYC

 

[theoldchick]

 

[Jucodeo]

Hello everyone,
I have had my chickens for almost a year and a half. I have 3 hens and 1 rooster that are Rhode Island Reds. 3 hens and 1 rooster that are Easter eggers. 3 hens that are Bard Rocks and 2 hens and 1 rooster that are Australorps. 2 of my hens are brooding and I so far have 5 chicks. Still more eggs and am anxious to know how many more I will get. This is my first experience with brooding moms and their chicks, so any advice I could get on that would be great. Currently my hens are separated with their roosters. I know have a small barn and am going to be integrating all the chickens together. If anyone else has done that, I could also use some advice on that. I am excited to hear what you have to say. Thanks

Hey @Auntie Mimi and

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You sound like a experienced chicken raiser, but I always leave our Learning Center link because even the most experienced can be newbies in some areas
https://www.backyardchickens.com/atype/1/Learning_Center
Alright so your chickens seem to be separated into groups. I would recommend maybe mixing two of the groups first. Since you do have 3 roosters I would recommend maybe taking them out and just introducing the hens. Then you can introduce that group to another and so on until all 4 groups of hens are in the barn. Then I would put the roosters in one at a time, and it should turn out that the roosters do not notice the new additions, or if they do they will treat them the same! If there are any problems you can always separate some of the troublemakers for a few days. You said your hens were brooding so I will leave some links for hatching chicks if you need any help
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/11/raising-baby-chicks
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/5/incubating-hatching-eggs

Finally if you wanna post pics of your flock and tell us how the conversion went you can post that here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/40/family-life-stories-pictures-updates

I hope you and your flock are enjoying the warm weather and remember to stay cool!
Justin

 

[Athaid]

Welcome to the flock Mimi! Hope to see you around sometime

 

[sumi]

Welcome to BYC

Glad you joined us!

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[drumstick diva]

Very nice to meet you Auntie Mimi - glad you joined the Backyard chickens flock