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I have two red star pulleys that are 16 weeks old. I'm a newbie and raised them from 10 days. 5 weeks ago I rescued a feral chick. Obviously hoping she's really a she. At the weekend she should be able to live outside but my older girls are huge and today when I put them in sight of each other in seperate pens they pecked at her and hurt her.
I really only have space for 3 chickens maximum. Should I persevere putting them insight of each other and try to introduce her when she's bigger.
 
A newcomer is always seen as a threat by the resident chickens. Best thing to do is keep the new addition in a cage, but in same area. The see, but don't touch, will integrate the chickens. You may need to do this for a little while, until the new chick does grow some. Then it will be able to escape from harm, once more developed/grown. If you do not have a wire cage, can you isolate with some chicken wire, or netting???
Can you post some pix of your chickens so we can get an IDEA, of the difference in size, and accommodations? I know roughly the size of 4 month pullets, but not of the newcomer. How much older than 5 weeks is she?
When you do try to get them together, it is best to slip the new one into coop at night.(dark) In the morning, the chickens wake up, and think that "things have been like this all along"
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :highfive:
 
Thank you all for responding and the great info. My older girls used to watch TV with me when they were young . I put them out at 6 weeks but still used to bring them early evening for cuddles and they would sit with me. Now they are older and too big to come in, they want nothing to do with me unless I have food. My little Smudge is much tamer and really is my pet. I guess I just want to be loved more than I want eggs. I found some tiny bumps on her legs and freaked out but my big girls have little bumps too so I'm not too worried they are spurs. I will post photos of the size difference. They wouldn't have been able to get her except that she stood her ground and puffed up. As she leaned through Holly nailed her on the comb. I watched a youtube video about sexing from saddle feathers. She definitely has properly formed, rounded tail feathers so I hope this is accurate.
 

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cavemanrich said:
A newcomer is always seen as a threat by the resident chickens. Best thing to do is keep the new addition in a cage, but in same area. The see, but don't touch, will integrate the chickens. You may need to do this for a little while, until the new chick does grow some. Then it will be able to escape from harm, once more developed/grown. If you do not have a wire cage, can you isolate with some chicken wire, or netting???
Can you post some pix of your chickens so we can get an IDEA, of the difference in size, and accommodations? I know roughly the size of 4 month pullets, but not of the newcomer. How much older than 5 weeks is she?
When you do try to get them together, it is best to slip the new one into coop at night.(dark) In the morning, the chickens wake up, and think that "things have been like this all along"
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :highfive:
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