Lisa
Yes it was me who is considering adding an older hen to the flock but as I am a very new chicken herder I am wondering how she will fit in the current bunch?
I have 5 hens all about the same age with two that were raised together for the first half of their short life and 3 who were together at my house. They are getting along nicely so how do you think adding a new but older hen will work? They range from about 17 weeks to maybe 20 weeks or so.
Also if I am in AF how will we work out the exchange?
I just don't want any harm to come to any of the girls and want them all to be together. We have them free range in our yard but they sleep at night in their coop all shut in. Would your BR be OK with that?
Absolutely, positively, No Idea! Haha. It is always different, with every group. The sweetest bird can anger another, I have had birds I added and no one paid any attention at all, and I have added birds that sent everyone into a frenzy. It can go either way. It always works out in the end, but it can take an hour, or two weeks, to get them all adjusted.
If you decide you want it let me know, we can see if there is a chicken train going your way. Quite a few here from Logan and South of Salt Lake, we can see if anyone is going. I am going on Aug 5th to SLC, but headed to a concert again after work so not lots of time before it starts to go very far off the path, but if you knew someone in the area I could drop it off to on our way there I certainly would! We did the same route last week, and ran later than we thought due to ridiculous rush hour traffic. So last time I was planning on being in SLC at 5:30, but it will be more like 6:00 with good traffic, possibly as late as 6:30.