clongmoor Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hi, I am thinking of adding 1 pol chicken to our flock of two - I have seen a gorgeous yellow and black one at local farm place - I think it is a buff sussex. Could someone please point me in the right direction for the guide to introducing new chickens - I can't seem to find it on the website. Any of your own advice would of course be very welcome too! Claire Rosie and Priscilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Can you manage to introduce two as it can be more difficult to introduce a single hen? viewtopic.php?f=42&t=25886&view=unread#unread This link should help. Jan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggypeggy Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I was advised not to add 1 chook to 2 chooks.. at least add 2 chooks. I recently added 2 chooks and it was a bit hairy at first I wouldn't like to have just added 1. I think there's a section under FAQ's about adding POL's to an existing flock. If I were to do it again I would have gone for 3 chooks... The amount of time and effort involved in introductions.. you might as well do a few at a time. Anyway good luck.. if you have anymore questions definately ask.. there is always very good advice on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I recently introduced 2 chooks to my existing 6. It took 3 weeks before they were happy to be in the run together. I'd get 2 if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Definitely not a good idea to add one to two. Have a look at **these articles** for some info on managing intros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I added 2 to 2 and did it very slowly as per the advice on the excellent threads. I wouldn't in all honesty add 1 to 2. My optimum number at the time was 3 but i ended up with 4 for this reason and am very glad i did. i added an extension to the eglu run and they ranged a lot anyway so it was fine once they had settled in - about 3 weeks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clongmoor Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thank you all for the excellent advice. I'm so glad you all said add two because I actually did see two I wanted and now can tell my husband that you all think we should get two more too! I think it will be after xmas now so it gives me time to get an extra house sorted and buy some gentian violet. If I'm not careful I can see me accidently buying another eglu and ending up with 8 girls! It certainly is addictive this chicken keeping. Thanks again for the advice - the articles are excellent. All the best Claire Rosie and Cilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 If I'm not careful I can see me accidently buying another eglu and ending up with 8 girls! l Easily done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Thank you all for the excellent advice. I'm so glad you all said add two because I actually did see two I wanted and now can tell my husband that you all think we should get two more too! I think it will be after xmas now so it gives me time to get an extra house sorted and buy some gentian violet. If I'm not careful I can see me accidently buying another eglu and ending up with 8 girls! It certainly is addictive this chicken keeping. Thanks again for the advice - the articles are excellent. All the best Claire Rosie and Cilla Oooh, if you're going to get an extra house definately get more than two new ones Four is a nice number Seriously though we've introduced two that were already laying to six. They were integrated within a couple of weeks and more recently we've added four 12 week olds. That took longer obviously but they're all settled now, with just the odd bit of pecking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
