Mama_Chickenfield
Chirping
Hi friends,
A little bit of background: we have 5 hens that are about 3 years old. This year we decided to add three more to the flock. We got chicks about 9 weeks ago and have since found that two of them are roosters, which we are not allowed to keep in our neighborhood. This puts us in a pickle. Our little Buff Orpington pullet (female) will be alone if we give away the roosters, which we need to because they have started crowing, but we aren’t sure if it’s okay to introduce our little 9 week old female pullet to the 3 yr old hens. The pullets have had a run placed right next to the hens for about three weeks now, and have free ranged together but stay at a distance. Any ideas on how we should handle this?
A little bit of background: we have 5 hens that are about 3 years old. This year we decided to add three more to the flock. We got chicks about 9 weeks ago and have since found that two of them are roosters, which we are not allowed to keep in our neighborhood. This puts us in a pickle. Our little Buff Orpington pullet (female) will be alone if we give away the roosters, which we need to because they have started crowing, but we aren’t sure if it’s okay to introduce our little 9 week old female pullet to the 3 yr old hens. The pullets have had a run placed right next to the hens for about three weeks now, and have free ranged together but stay at a distance. Any ideas on how we should handle this?