mixing flocks

  1. Integrating: A Pictorial Guide by BigBlueHen53

    Integrating: A Pictorial Guide by BigBlueHen53

    So. You have an existing flock of adult chickens, and a secondary flock of younger birds, possibly chicks, and you're wondering: how do I turn these two groups into one cohesive unit, without anyone getting hurt? Relax, it's doable, and not at all difficult. The tried-and-true method most...
  2. BerthaBoo

    Integrating 3 new chicks in with flock of 6, all same age

    Hi everyone! I have a total of 8 young pullets, 1 cockeral right now. All are 9-10 weeks old now. 6 of the pullets + the cockerel (all bym) were brooded together, and I added the three extra pullets (two cream/one pearl legbar) about two weeks ago, when they were all about 7-8 weeks old...
  3. AnnieDuck

    Introducing Ducklings to Flock

    I posted a couple weeks ago about the issues one of our new ducklings was having. He or she…well, since it is clearly lucky to have survived we named it Lazarus and call it Lazzy so I’ll stick with that here. So to quickly recap the issues; we got 5 ducklings -not sure what kind- and 4 of them...
    • AnnieDuck
    • Thread
    • duckling introducing ducks little duckling mixing flocks runt
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. TheBirdBabe

    War or peace between new chickens...?

    I have 15-18 chickens in a coop. Eight are mature hens, three are mature roosters & the other seven are chicks (sex tbd). These are all bantam sized chickens. We are looking in to building an actual poultry barn soon that would be able to house LOADS of all sorts of birds! I would love to throw...
    • TheBirdBabe
    • Thread
    • chickens ducks geese mixing ages mixing breeds mixing chickens and ducks mixing flocks mixing species poultry together
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Managing Your Flock
  5. S

    Aggressive Hen and Pinless Peepers

    I need help! We have 3 of our 4 original hens, who are 2 years and 3 months old. We brought home 4 new day old chicks at the end of February this year and had them in the garage until around mid-May. We set the Bitties up a small coop next to our grown up chicken run, where everyone could see...
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