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Introducing ex batts and sussexs at the same time???

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HI. My walk in chicken coop is nearly completed. Iwill be getting my new girls in a couple of weeks. I'm planning to get two ex-battery girls and two light sussex. Any advice about how to integrate them all into their new home together please? Ive been reading the thread about introducing new birds, but will it be different because their new home will be new to all of them at the same time. Am I better off keeping them separate to start with? Would it be better to get the ex batts first and let them settle in and get their strength back before introducing others? Or do they do better with other hens to teach them how to be 'henlike'!! Any tips appreciated please. Ive never had hens before. This site is fab. I'm learning a lot from reading the posts. I'm going to post some pictures of my coop soon! THanks.

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Thanks very much. Sounds like I will have to do a bit of quick work, to separate the coop into two halves. I hadn't taken account of needing two hen houses either. I wonder if I could get a cheap rabbit hutch and convert it as its just going to be for a little while. I read somewhere else that somebody keeps their new girls apart during the day time, but lets them roost overnight in the same house. Would this work? If I put the Sussies in after the exbatts were settled for the night??

 

Buffie, I'm getting my ex-batts from a local source. I have friends who keep hens and regularly get ex-batts. They are getting me a couple. Is there a reason why you only rehome 3 or more? Is it better for them to be in bigger groups?

 

Thanks for all your advice.

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