Up until a week ago I had two hens (a barred rock and rhode island red) and a roo (EE mix).... (No thanks to a coon who ate the rest!)
Then I added four new pullets/hens (5/6 months old)
Two new hampshires (born in a hatchery) and one australorpe and one rhode island red (both hatched at home in an incubator on a farm.)
The two hens and the rooster have really taken to the rhode island red and the black australorpe (fairly good, not to say they don't get pecks occasionally) but the new hampshires, bless their hearts, are pretty shunned. When they draw too close our roo chases them all over. They run around scared for their lives it seems and are pretty skittish.
Can anyone tell me why this may be? Will they ever get along? Why would they choose to take in some, but not all?
Then I added four new pullets/hens (5/6 months old)
Two new hampshires (born in a hatchery) and one australorpe and one rhode island red (both hatched at home in an incubator on a farm.)
The two hens and the rooster have really taken to the rhode island red and the black australorpe (fairly good, not to say they don't get pecks occasionally) but the new hampshires, bless their hearts, are pretty shunned. When they draw too close our roo chases them all over. They run around scared for their lives it seems and are pretty skittish.
Can anyone tell me why this may be? Will they ever get along? Why would they choose to take in some, but not all?