GORGEOUS! Are they Orpingtons?Hey everybody, My name is Sarah. Still kinda new to this thread. I check every once in a while. I love to heaar your stories about your chickens. Mys sister got a new camera for christmas and I asjked her to take a few of my chickens. They turned out well I think. My poor Blue rooster got some frostbite this year. Poor thing.
Hi! I love the chicks, so much that I think I'd like to buy more from you!
I would first recommend not putting them together right at the start. I like to separate the pen so that they can all see each other for a few days to get accustomed to one another with a dividing fence between the two flocks. Then, when they seem to be accustomed through the fence, I put the birds in the coop in the middle of the night on the roost. Then, when they wake up, they are combined. The first day or two there is a lot of little quarrels, but eventually things work out after a few days. I would also keep barriers on the run that the new chicks can hide around. Also, be sure to not put them in until they are similar in size and can hold their own.
Ace has good advice! I have also found, once the chicks are a close enough size, introducing them in a free range situation is another good option. They will still need to figure out their pecking order, but extra space during that time never hurts.
