Young Cream legbars and lowest ranking hen in flock

[PaulaSB12]

I have had my cream legbars mingling with the rest of the flock. Apart from the odd small peck (mainly reminding them that the established girls eat the treats first, I have started putting some on the garden table so they get some at the same time) and pushing them out of the the favourite dust bathing spot (round the base of a black current bush!!!!!!) there has been no problem. The only thing is the hybrid that is at the bottom of the pecking order has started sleeping with the little ones rather than with the others in the big coop. Any idea why this is and should I stop it? There is room for her in the coop and the others don't seem to mind it.

 

[Den in Penn]

Big fish in a little pond. She is avoiding the others in the adults flock. If there is room and a place to lay there is no problem. Switching coops when there is more then one coop happens. Even when you shut the coop down where they are growing up and integrate them in the big coop, there may be no problems. If you let her and the little ones mingle regularly she should have some status in the adult flock, and may end up in the middle of the combined flock's order.