Re: Introducing younger hens into a group?
- From: Katra <KatraMungBean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:12:20 -0500
In article <BRKDe.5699$jo3.2579@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"jewels" <jools4jesus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am quite new to hen-keeping. I got my chickens with the hen-house I
> bought last september, the black rocks are definitely older than the leghorn
> who when we got them had only been bought about 3-4 weeks earlier by the
> previous owner. She was badly picked on by the others for a while, she can
> hold her own now but what is worrying me is when we get a few, maybe 3
> pullets this summer, how does one go about introducing them to the group?
>
> Just bung em in and hope for the best, or keep them separate until they are
> a bit bigger? Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers
> Jx
>
>
I personally keep "new" babies together in a small group in the cage,
and release them when their voices start to change.
Released as a group (single birds do not do well at ALL IME!), they seem
to do just fine!
HTH?
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