I have been working on introducing a new pullet to my flock of 7 + 1 roo.
We have done the whole pen in the run thing, and I put her in with the big kids at night (they are about 1 month older). The problem is that the new kid, ChiChi, freaks out when any of the other chickens get near her which gives them a good reason to chase her down and peck her.
I have tried to teach her the old "if you don;t run they can't chase you" idea, but she is not buying it. How long do you think I should let this go on before I send ChiChi to the next adoptive home on the list....