heth1986 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Mary has spent the last 2 days pining for Wendy who fell ill and sadly passed away on Sunday so today I had a little trip over to Little Morton Farm I came home with 2 new friends for her, 2 more black star hybrids (yet to be named). I decided I was going to go for the 'pop them all in together and cross your fingers' method and it could not have gone any beter! I sectioned of my shed and a patch of 'nothing' land next to it that I've yet to find a use for and put them all in there so that they were on 'mutual ground', Mary's never seen this bit before either so she was a bit baffled! I threw plenty of pellets and a few hand fulls of corn and meal worms around so's they couldn't bicker over food and that was pretty much them sorted! Mary stood tall and ruffled her feathers virtually straight away so I gave her a quick squirt before it went any further and that was the end of that. The 2 new girls are about 16 weeks old, so 8 weeks (ish) younger than Mary and you can definitely tell but I guess the fact that there's 2 of them makes up for it? They've now been scratching around together for the past hour, no more squabbles, no pecking, no shouting, no flapping... I honestly can't believe it, I was prepared for World War 3! So so so so so happy and RELIEVED!!! I wander what tomorrow will bring?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Lucky you, that sounds like it's worked perfectly . I'm sure you're right about the neutral area. That and Mary being on her own and not much older than the new girls has probably made all the difference . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Well done those chooks! Clearly ''nothing' land" is "good luck intro land" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heth1986 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I know, I still can't believe it, I'm glued to the kitchen window waiting for all hell to break loose but still nothing yet! We now have some names... Priscilla and Felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Love those names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Well done those chickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heth1986 Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 They're all tucked up in bed now, I put them all into Marys enclosed run at about 6 and they've all tootled off inside and are snuggled up together, such good little girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 thats great new for you. i put my new girls in at nighttime and morning let them out, they were fine, great beliver of put them together and they sort themselves out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Chooky Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Great when it works. Congratulations on the new girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzieLloyd Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I know, I still can't believe it, I'm glued to the kitchen window waiting for all hell to break loose but still nothing yet! We now have some names... Priscilla and Felicia We've got a Priscilla too! You just need a Tick and a Bernadette now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
