CockADoodleDoo Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 when i introduced my new light sussex to my existing flock of FOUR last week i thoght that it would be a long time before one hen will settle in with four (not very fair numbers) but to my amazement i put the light sussex in the garden with the other girls and there was 1 big fight between cluck the boss and star the new girl (that the new girl won) but about 5 mins later they were all going round together like they where life long friends! and they all went to bed together aswell! so i have successfully introduced one hen to four without any need to seperate them! the question is how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I looked at the photos of your new chook and I thought at the time that I bet you didn't have any problems. She's a big girl compared to your others and well able to look after herself I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Well done, now if you could identify the secret ... As Superjules said, must be due to her being a bit bigger and quite mature to start with (and the rest of them being too sensible to argue with her!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I have had intros like that. And it is normally from the new girl winning the first pecking order fight. The other thing I have found helps is having a perch. mine dont fight when perching. So when I introduced Perdy (1 vs 9!!) she jumped on the perch if she wanted to escape. And after 2 days, when they had got used to her she stayed down on floor level with them no probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...