Removing Cashew and Terry

[lazy gardener]

No, they wouldn't, not unless you intend to move into the coop with them. And, then, you'd need even more square footage. If anything, your new chicks will have a harder time integrating than Cashew and Terry did, b/c your hens will be that much older. What is the square footage of your coop and run?

 

[ChickenGirl555]

No, they wouldn't, not unless you intend to move into the coop with them. And, then, you'd need even more square footage. If anything, your new chicks will have a harder time integrating than Cashew and Terry did, b/c your hens will be that much older. What is the square footage of your coop and run?

I don't know the square footage and I am not home, but would the chicks eventially get along, or at least get happier? Because today I did notice the Oddballs (and to make it clear, I call them oddballs because the other chickens have pairs and these two have physical qualities that make them odd, or different. Cashew has a naked neck, and Terry has poof on her head and fluffy legs.) were coming out more and enjoying outside. I will bond more with my new chicks, since they won't have such a rough past with kids/people, so they will possibly be friendlier, and the Oddballs are starting to be more open to coming outside and plus in summer I'll have them free ranging much much more. This is my first summer with them, so I'm not sure how it's going to work, but I don't have anything big going on in summer so I'll have more time at home. So...if all of this happened, could they possibly be...happier?

 

[lazy gardener]

You are seeking validation that I can't give. Your set up is small, even for the existing birds you have. Removing these 2 girls, and adding more later will not make the later integration go well. There is the age factor, the space factor, and the integration factor. My recommendation would be to either remove the 2 new girls, and not replace them, or learn to enjoy them for what they are.

 

[ChickenGirl555]

I think I’m going to replace these two with two new polish. I won’t get three, because now I realize how many chickens there would then be. But please don’t panic or get mad, I AM building a new coop that will be much bigger. I’m calling it the ‘Summer coop’. It’s going to be a building, and not the tractor coop we have now. The tractor coop we have now will be our ‘Winter coop’. As the names say, we will use one in summer and the other during winter. I think the current one will be good for winter since they will be cold and want to cuddle or be close and warm. But in summer, they will need space, which the new coop shall supply.

Will this help my situation?

 

[lazy gardener]

NO. Birds need even more space in the winter. Build the adequate coop first, then, only allow yourself to have as many birds as that coop and run will comfortably hold, going by the standard recommendation for space in coop and run, as has been stated many times over.

And, why would any one panic or get mad? Your birds, your choice.

 

[aart]

You are seeking validation that I can't give.

Neither can many other of us here trying to teach you.
We're not really mad, just very frustrated.

NO. Birds need even more space in the winter.

Ditto Dat^^^!

 

[lazy gardener]

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[Mrs. K]

Where did you see the coop?

To the op - if you do not like a bird, let that bird or birds go. It is perfectly fine, some birds do not work out for all kinds of reasons, such as being an oddball, or not enough space.

People often add and subtract birds from their flock all the time. Little chicks do not take up as much space as a full grown bird, so you can cheat a bit during the summer. However, in the dark days of winter, birds are roosted up for very long periods of time, THEN you need more than adequate space, not less. However, by next winter, you may have lost a bird for whatever reason, or at that time, you can let some birds go again.

Mrs K

 

[ChickenGirl555]

Where did you see the coop?

To the op - if you do not like a bird, let that bird or birds go. It is perfectly fine, some birds do not work out for all kinds of reasons, such as being an oddball, or not enough space.

People often add and subtract birds from their flock all the time. Little chicks do not take up as much space as a full grown bird, so you can cheat a bit during the summer. However, in the dark days of winter, birds are roosted up for very long periods of time, THEN you need more than adequate space, not less. However, by next winter, you may have lost a bird for whatever reason, or at that time, you can let some birds go again.

Mrs K

Thanks. Yeah, I wouldn't doubt (even though it would be sad) a predator getting to one or more of my birds. We have raccoons, a fox that lives in the back which I'm hoping I can spook away, since it may hurt my dog (Chiweenie, very small). Plus hawks. We were lucky since when we got them, they were chicks and always in the brooder. When they did go outside, they were always watched so they didn't eat something bad, or get hurt or lost.

 

[ChickenGirl555]

And, why would any one panic or get mad? Your birds, your choice.

I'm known to be stubborn. I can't help feeling like lots of people get annoyed with me after the first day.