Hey everyone! So....don't flame me. I decided not to quarantine anymore. I got Ricky from Dawn and Princess from Tamara and they are both in great shape! I've inspected them daily since Saturday (yep only 2 days), assessed my risk, and decided to put them in with the bigs. Man, the big girls aren't very nice. There's only a 3 week age gap between oldest and youngest and right now it seems huge when it's 8.5 and 11.5 weeks! I hope they all figure out the new pecking order soon. Princess is beside herself and didn't even go in to roost with the rest tonight, maybe just taking a break from the meanies. last night she spent an hour in the house with me. I had to go out into the run and take her to the roost bars where everyone else was all settled already. I'm confident there's nothing wrong with any of the birds and if there is I knew the risk. I have meds on hand and I'm just keeping a good watch. I don't ever plan to acquire more outsiders as long as these ones breed just fine; hoping to have some of our own chicks in the spring, as long as Ricky steps up and does his job eventually
I've got a new batch to add as well, 8 weeks and 10 weeks but they're only half the size! I'm going to quarantine for another 2 weeks just hoping the size evens out a bit, and hopefully my big mean roo will be ready to butcher by then. I don't want these new sweeties to get too beat up! Keep us posted on how your integration goes- you've got more balls than me!
