Literally the day after Dolores died, I purchased a new 8 week old Pekin Bantam chick (which is a small variety of chicken) off of trade me (a local ebay type web auction site). Since I wanted everything to go smoothly with introducing my new chick to the rest of the flock, I had purchased a medium-sized dog crate to keep inside the existing chicken run for the new chick to keep her safe. As I've been researching chicken behaviours, I've discovered how absolutely brutal chickens can be to each other. There is really a pecking order amongst chickens.
Call it an impulse buy as I went to pick up one and ended up with two. Ha! But really, it's easier to introduce 2 or more to the existing flock than just one. If you only have one, the rest of the hens will go nuts pecking the lone ranger...
Here's a quick clip of the first monitored introduction.
2 comments:
suski would have got more worms if she weren't so busy trying to get to the lil chicks... are you sure you're OK in the land below?
Yeah, she's a bit fixated at the moment.
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