gerrbearCB
In the Brooder
- May 23, 2016
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I have 7 20 week old girls, 4 RIR, 2PBR and 1 GLWyandotte. I also have 2 13 week Giant Blue Cochins, a 10 wk. Hamburg and a 9 week Cuckoo Maran. All are in same run area, 4 youngest separated, but can see. I will need to introduce them all together soon to insure cochins lay in nesting boxes and eat layer feed. I got the 4 littles comfy together so they could go into the 7 with more numbers, but the Hamburg is still so small.
Hamburg (Gladys) flies like the wind and there are various places for her to flee, but I am worried about my bossy PBR initiating probs. She was confined for 3 days when I added the Wyandotte and she came out with a better attitude, but now she is laying. Have had eggs 3 weeks now, 5/6 of 7 are laying I believe.
Suggestions or will I just have to wait and see. The Maran is much larger than the Hamburg, too. She is equal or nearly taken over the cochins and they are docile. When I leave them together for short times, the PBR (Maxine) incites alot of havoc. Hamburg owners have thoughts/ideas? She is a flighty little girl!
Hamburg (Gladys) flies like the wind and there are various places for her to flee, but I am worried about my bossy PBR initiating probs. She was confined for 3 days when I added the Wyandotte and she came out with a better attitude, but now she is laying. Have had eggs 3 weeks now, 5/6 of 7 are laying I believe.
Suggestions or will I just have to wait and see. The Maran is much larger than the Hamburg, too. She is equal or nearly taken over the cochins and they are docile. When I leave them together for short times, the PBR (Maxine) incites alot of havoc. Hamburg owners have thoughts/ideas? She is a flighty little girl!
. Happy you joined us! I think you are doing it right by having the birds together but separated so the 4 don't get picked on. When you do integrate, which I would do after a week, I'm sure the older girls will have to show their dominance - to be expected. I had the same thing this year with established larger breed hens into which I introduced young small breed pullets. No injuries - just the older ladies being bossy for a day or two. The youngers were nimble enough to evade the oldsters. In terms of your flighty Hamburgs...I have nothing for you as I am dealing with with that myself...2 SS Hamburgs and a Lakenvelder in the trees above the coop every night. To get them out of the trees seems to make them skittish around me for a week afterward. Time to trim wings I guess. Best of luck to you. 
