Ganesh-Saahd
Chirping
- May 18, 2020
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Hi guys
We're new to hens but did our homeworks and research a bit before acquiring our hens.
Long story short: we had 7 hens for 4 weeks (now 23 weeks old). One of the hens was supposed to lay blue eggs, turns out that they are brown (she's an hybrid). The lady from whome they come then told me she would give me an ameraucanna to be sure that we could have 8 eggs. We kept the brown-supposed-to-be-blue-eggs hen. We now have 8 hens.
The new one was introduced on Friday. They lady told us (they are professional, breeding thousands of chickens per year) that since they were all youndg, introduction should be not so bad. That they would fight a bit and settle in a week.
We are now Sunday. Things are a bit better but that hen is scared of the others. She's yelling and become very agitated when they come near her. All the others hens stirred with her agitation and chased her. So she decided to hide in the coop, in the nest box. Even if there's a hen in there laying and pecking her.
This morning I had an egg on the floor because she won't let the other hens in, because she's hiding on there (its the favourite box).
I took her out with ceremony and put her outside. She's now hiding under the coop. I could probably provide a hiding spot. She's not that bullied, she's a bit over reacting honestly. She's also younger than the other (19-20 weeks old). The first night she was pushing and trying to go under the others on the roost. She will go in the coop in the evening bit won't come out, she's jumping right in the nest at the first occasion in the morning.
Do you think she'll settle ?
I don't have a lot of patience for that kind of behaviour I must confess
We're new to hens but did our homeworks and research a bit before acquiring our hens.
Long story short: we had 7 hens for 4 weeks (now 23 weeks old). One of the hens was supposed to lay blue eggs, turns out that they are brown (she's an hybrid). The lady from whome they come then told me she would give me an ameraucanna to be sure that we could have 8 eggs. We kept the brown-supposed-to-be-blue-eggs hen. We now have 8 hens.
The new one was introduced on Friday. They lady told us (they are professional, breeding thousands of chickens per year) that since they were all youndg, introduction should be not so bad. That they would fight a bit and settle in a week.
We are now Sunday. Things are a bit better but that hen is scared of the others. She's yelling and become very agitated when they come near her. All the others hens stirred with her agitation and chased her. So she decided to hide in the coop, in the nest box. Even if there's a hen in there laying and pecking her.
This morning I had an egg on the floor because she won't let the other hens in, because she's hiding on there (its the favourite box).
I took her out with ceremony and put her outside. She's now hiding under the coop. I could probably provide a hiding spot. She's not that bullied, she's a bit over reacting honestly. She's also younger than the other (19-20 weeks old). The first night she was pushing and trying to go under the others on the roost. She will go in the coop in the evening bit won't come out, she's jumping right in the nest at the first occasion in the morning.
Do you think she'll settle ?
I don't have a lot of patience for that kind of behaviour I must confess
