advice on re-forming flocks?

hello,
evidently my last question was so weird it garnered no response <g>. this
time i was hoping for some advice on re-forming my flocks as they will be
moving into new houses & yard soon, but, i wanted to still keep two seperate
flocks (i think).

we have a little flock of 3 isa brown pullets, due to start laying in about
a month. we have another flock of 10 hens, 3 isas and 7 game hens.

what i was intending to do was to take 1 or 2 of the bottom-most game hens
from the big flock, & put them in with the little isas when everyone moves
to the new set-up. one game hen in particular is victimised terribly in the
big flock, & it might be a chance for her to recover & be less oppressed
with the little isas, who are very peaceful atm (but may not stay so with
one or two newbies). a month or two ago it was very, very bad & i was
considering isolating by most-oppressed little hen for her own safety. it's
somewhat better now but i still hope to re-balance flock numbers one way or
another i think, and so i'm tempted to put her, or both her & the next one
up who also gets a really hard time, in with the pullets & see if it helps.

atm, the pullets & the grown-ups are fed a bit differently, but once the
littlies are closer to laying they would get the same food.

have i got the whole thing wrong? any advice? would there be a better way to
re-form the flocks - or should i just throw the whole lot in together, even?
many thanks
kylie



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