Is your dog's unusual barking a secret code for something mysterious?

[Plum]

I told him but would he listen. OH really wanted another chicken a white one and not really room for any more. So here we are

 

 

Meet Cygnet

 

Stage one of introduction completed - Someone has leg envy

 

Another 4 stages to go

 

May have to clip a wing

[mollyripkim]

She is really lovely.

[gongladosh]

heh - good luck! It seems to be all about persistance!

 

We rescued a chicken of fate (a light sussex bantam) in November. The big girls and her are fine to FR together but they're still not ready to live together - I think it'll take another month at least.

[Sammiboo]

Lovely!!! I am introing a loner Sunday! Should be fun!

 

Really love the piccies

[Egluntyne]

I have done it a few times (usually when someone has dumped a hen on me - I'm just a girl who can't say no )

 

You get there in the end. She is lovely.

[Plum]

Not going to rush anything. However, she sees it otherwise and keeps whipping in with the others but I extricate her before anything can happen. Been a bit of posturing through the wire so hope they get most of it over with while at arms length.

[daxigirl]

I so want a white one for my gang. I really envious.

[Plum]

Perhaps one of your eggs will be a white chicken?

 

Good luck Sammiboo let us know how you get on. Is it the exbatt

 

heh - good luck! It seems to be all about persistance!

 

We rescued a chicken of fate (a light sussex bantam) in November. The big girls and her are fine to FR together but they're still not ready to live together - I think it'll take another month at least.

Agree with your method of introduction. Love a light sussex bantam one day. Nearly brought home a buff sussex bantam she was so gorgeous............and a pekin.........and a RIR bantam .............and a anacona but OH gave me the evil eye

[kevf1]

i put 8 chickens of which only 2 had met before together in a new run...

 

the 2 original ones i had are the boss's and even after nearly two week we still get a bit of fighting... my leghorn (same as this one i believe) fights with the 2 originals.. but they all have a pecking order a few feather have been lost no blood but they are calming down.. the all live in a big WIR and sleep in a cube...

 

even my vorwerk keeps having a peck at me barnvelder... and the appenzeller has a peck at the vorwerk...

 

doubt it will ever stop totally...

[Donna C]

We are hoping to introduce one more buff orp to our two as soon as wir comes so any advice would be wonderful. I'm still unsure if it's worth upsetting our two happy girls though.

[Plum]

There's still pecks and chases in my original girls but I think mostly due to 4 of them recently becoming mature or coming into lay and the effects of spring on the pecking order among them. All makes it interesting and no one gets hurt just occasionally lose pride.

[kevf1]

it is natural for all animals to fight and sort out the pecking order... i know we don't like the girls being hurt.. and usually from what i have seen.. it generally doesn't apart froma few feathers.. my leghorn has fewer feahers on her chest...

 

in my mind as long as no blood is being drawn.. leave em for as long as you can.. othert wise each time is like another introduction...

 

one iof my warrens acts like a cockerel at time and tramples on the little girls but the never come to harm..

 

they will sort themselves evebntually...

[madchickenlady]

I've only introduced a singleton once. It went fine, I just took it super slow. In fact, I think it took about 3 months Still, the newbie turned in to ASBO Chicken, so I'm not sure if her solitary adolesence had long standing mental health implications

[scarlettohara]

She is lovely Plum There's something about the white and red contrast that makes them special

[BocBoc]

She's lovely Plum - all your girls are lovely bundles of fluff!!

[oneyolktoanother]

i have always wandered about introducing lone chickens as we have had to seperate our 4 chooks into pairs as of bullying and pecking and always wandered about if/when one did pass, but our cream legbar can be so naughty with pecking

[Omletina Kyckling]

.......if she's anything like Pia she won't stay that white for long.....Pia has a magnetic attraction to all things muddy me thinks!!!

[chicken bark]

She looks lovely. Never had to introduce a lone one but if anyone knows what she's doing then you do.

 

Good luck with it.

[Plum]

No working blind but see how it goes. She is lovely and thanks for comments, see how she looks when she's had a nice rumble in the earth under the trees

[Chortle Chook]

Oh I did laugh about the leg envy Being a shorty I know how it feels .

 

I had to introduce a lone chook just before Christmas. It wasn't that she got picked on really (though she was only allowed last lookin on treats), it was more that she was always pushed out on her own. However now she is in with the rest . . . . . .

. . .and getting her fair share of the cockerel's (rather unwanted) attentions.

[Plum]

No cockerals here I don't think she'll miss out on treats though I wouldn't dream of giving them any at present - recipe for ructions. She cowtails to Grackle but she may well end up second or third in command.

 

For some reason i let her out in garden with others tonight for ten minutes. Just Grackle jumped on her a couple of times and she ran off. Those legs are mighty fast! Others took no notice.

[Sageandonion]

Aww she does have legs to die for in the chicken world, I bet she hold her own soon with those pins. She is very pretty Plum and your other girls look lovely too

[Plum]

Thanks Jac, I let them all out in the garden for 10mins tonight with no problems. She just scooted out of the way if Grackle or Pigeon looked at her.

 

Then when the others were in bed she escaped from her run and jumped in with them

They are all settled so I'll just have to get up early and seperate them and guess I'll just try them together in the run at the weekend. Must be quickest slow integration ever

[Roobaloo]

Beautiful lady!!! I can understand her strutting her leggy-stuff....I've got very long legs too!!

I hope the intros go well!!!

 

I'm in the same boat with Intros....1 to 3. I'm usually against it but my heart ruled my head...I was supposed to just buy two girls for Oscar in his new pad but saw Nutmeg and had to have her. She's the spitting image of Wonky (who was PTS last Autumn ) and I couldn't let her go down the stables, I wanted her at home.

 

The girls ignored her at first, she was in her own run. Now she's sectioned off in the WIR and we've had some nasty incidents when she's broken out (I still can't figure out how!!! but have increased security to be sure she can't do it again) and sadly she's now injured. They'll removed most her crest...and pecked at the flesh around her eyes, her ears and comb...and she's bleeding slightly. I've wiped her clean but daren't apply anything as it's so close to her eye.

 

The idea was to keep her separate until the girls lost interest...then introduce one to one....then two to two....

 

Will this work/is it just a question of patience? Or do I need to admit defeat?

[gongladosh]

she's a beauty!

 

there's one other thing we do for integrating by the way - listen to the hens, all of them. They'll let you know when they're all ready to be together.