introducing new birds

  1. dowdlauren

    Help Introducing New Female - Plot Twist?

    Okay, so I’ve seen plenty out here saying place the cage with new quail besides existing quail cage and wait til they get used to each other. I haven’t found anything that would help me with my situation..:..help! I have a large cage with a male and two female coturnix. They are all...
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  2. B

    Trouble introducing new hens

    I’ve been trying to introduce my new teen hens (a Dominicker, RIR, and a Welsummer) to my existing adult hens (two black sex links, a red sex link, and an Australorp) but it’s been a bit harder than I expected. I knew there would be fighting but it surprised me how rough they get. I tried...
    • BizzyB
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    • adding new chickens to your flock introducing new birds pecking order
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    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  3. juliasc

    Introducing two new hens to our single existing hen.

    Hi everyone! Three days ago we lost our sweet Pie to a heart attack. We are absolutely devastated, but since Pepper is now alone and seemingly very confused and/or bored, we started looking at adopting another hen. (We got Pie and Pepper back in February as baby chicks and they were...
  4. T

    Introducing new hens to a flock with one bird being aggressive

    Hello all, I am newish to the chicken community and I have a really small flock and I'm having some trouble with introductions and I would like some advice. A year-and-a-half ago I endedI ended up gettinggetting a rescue chicken... Long story but I ended up having to get her two companions...
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  5. C

    Help! Too many roosters!

    Hi All ~ I'm new to raising chickens, so I've got a conundrum I need help with from veteran chicken people. I picked out 6 chicks in April, straight run, and ... all 6 are roosters! Pretty disappointing. So, my birds are going on 4 months old. I want chickens primarily for eggs ~ I don't eat...
  6. CSAchook

    Flock Integration: Thank you BYCers!!!!!!!

    I just wanted to post my heart-felt thanks to all the kind, helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable people on this forum. This morning I looked out my back door and saw all six of my chickens (two 11 month old ISA browns, one 6 month old speckled sussex, and three 6 month old LF cochins) all...
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