So, the integration was successful! The older girls gave the younger ones a few little pecks, but nothing major. It only lasted a couple of hours. Now they are all one happy group! Now for the next challenge…I heard one of them crow!🤦🏼♀️
Thanks again to everyone who offered advice. I truly...
Here is an update! So we partitioned the run and built a small box for the two older girls to go in on the other side. I tried to take everybody’s advice into consideration so we’ve been doing the look but don’t touch. This is taking longer than I thought it would mostly because my mom just had...
Thank you for your advice! My coop and run our predator proof. I have hardware cloth buried, and it has a roof. I’m disheartened to hear that I should’ve done this at six weeks because what I read was to make sure I didn’t put them together until they were the same size. Now my pullets are about...
I am a new member from Southern New England who has been reading posts here for six years and have had my chickens for five years. I finally had a question that someone hadn’t already asked so I decided to become a member. This site has been so helpful that I recently got six baby chicks! From...
I realize there are many threads on this topic but I haven’t seen anything that specifically matches my situation. I had a my first flock of four chickens, one was an aggressive rooster and one passed with no signs of illness 2 years ago, so we are down to 2 and they are five years old. In the...