Sam Womer (PA)
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Beside the tractor shed is the henhouse.(tractor related) My 7 laying hens are 3 years old. Can I add more young hens without problems or will the older hens not cooperate?
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Determined
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I hatched out a batch of chicks and raised them in a separate pen until they were a fair size.
Put them in with the older hens around noon, by supper time there was not much more than feathers left of them.
An old neighbor told me if you want to put birds together you have to move them all to a new pen so they all are in a new place and they will be fine.
We have done this sucessfully.
If you move new birds into an occupied pen the old hens will defend their turf.
Put them in with the older hens around noon, by supper time there was not much more than feathers left of them.
An old neighbor told me if you want to put birds together you have to move them all to a new pen so they all are in a new place and they will be fine.
We have done this sucessfully.
If you move new birds into an occupied pen the old hens will defend their turf.
Super H Mike
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That has been my experience as well.
rustyacres sd
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I built a small pen withing the pen. Made of chicken wire so they can see each other and get used to others. Left it like that for a couple weeks and then removed the inner pen. Some pecking. but not to bad
Zachary Hoyt
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Years ago an older neighbor told us that if you put groups of chickens together you should do it at night, and that the chickens who were already there would accept any chicken that was there when they woke up as "one of us". It's worked well for me the few times I've tried it, with less pecking and chasing than when new birds go in during the day.
Zach
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Fawteen
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What Zachary said. When I get new chicks, I wait until they're feathered up and got some size to them, then just sneak them in with the rest of the birds after dark.
The rest of the flock will pretty much accept them, and the new ones will imprint on the coop as "home". Sometimes they'll take a day or two, I just wait until dark and they roost outside in the pen, then lug them back into the coop. Never had to do that more than twice.
The rest of the flock will pretty much accept them, and the new ones will imprint on the coop as "home". Sometimes they'll take a day or two, I just wait until dark and they roost outside in the pen, then lug them back into the coop. Never had to do that more than twice.
I always keep the new ones in a small cage inside the coop for a day or two so the older ones get somewhat used to them. They still fight a little, but only for a few minutes. The exception would be roosters. They're going to fight no matter what if they're similar in size and attitude.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
I've had chickens for years now and most every spring I buy or hatch a few chicks keep them in the house till they are feathered out good then put them in the chicken house behind a low wall so they cannot get out easily but the older one can get into them and keep a small dog crate in that area so the chicks can go in it and been doing it that way for years with no problems
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