Re: new pullets won't leave the henhouse




<rdc86@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> hi, & seasonal greetings to you all.
> Can anyone offer suggestions on this little issue? We have just
> received 2 new maran pullets to go with our 3 old hens & cockerel. They
> seem to be ok, and settled in (we've had them nearly 2 weeks now & they
> are about 20weeks old) but why won't they come out of the henhouse?
> The others do, daily, & spend most of the day outside, free-ranging it
> around the stables & yard but these new girls won't. Well, they must
> be eating & drinking (else they'd be dead!) but they aren't interested
> in staying out at all. What's going on?. Do I need to force them out,
> or do i just leave them to get better acclimatised? How long before I
> need to worry? The breeder tells me they have been outside, but not for
> a couple of weeks before I bought them, so as to effect the move more
> easily.
> Any ideas?
> tim
> ps, no direct replies to rdc86 please, that is my 'spam' groups email.
> You can email me at tim_at_dousecroft_dottt_commm
>
are they getting bullied?


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