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I have three separate sections for my chickens
1 Three Silkies as a bit of garden eye candy also they scare the hell out of marauding cats!
2 Loads of free-range chickens on a paddock
3 My three retired girls who don’t lay eggs, eat like horses but as they were from my first batch can live the life of riley on a huge rockery and a 6ft x 5ft shed until they get called to the great coop in the sky.
Problem:
I have two chickens that are not integrating well into my large flock one cockerel and a smaller bantam (both nine months old) the cockerel gets battered every day when the female Orpington’s rebukes his advances. I have tried to re-home him but without luck he is not challenging the main Orpington cockerel and goes to the other end of the paddock to have a little crow by himself. Would putting him with the retired ladies work? They are much larger than him and are very grumpy nothing bothers them - they give the Heron a run for its money in the summer when it stands next to their pond, there is plenty of room for them all and he could have his bantam friend for company. Any advice on re-homing old and young together would be much appreciated
Regards
Pat
The picture is of the three old gals tonight as I closed them up
1 Three Silkies as a bit of garden eye candy also they scare the hell out of marauding cats!
2 Loads of free-range chickens on a paddock
3 My three retired girls who don’t lay eggs, eat like horses but as they were from my first batch can live the life of riley on a huge rockery and a 6ft x 5ft shed until they get called to the great coop in the sky.
Problem:
I have two chickens that are not integrating well into my large flock one cockerel and a smaller bantam (both nine months old) the cockerel gets battered every day when the female Orpington’s rebukes his advances. I have tried to re-home him but without luck he is not challenging the main Orpington cockerel and goes to the other end of the paddock to have a little crow by himself. Would putting him with the retired ladies work? They are much larger than him and are very grumpy nothing bothers them - they give the Heron a run for its money in the summer when it stands next to their pond, there is plenty of room for them all and he could have his bantam friend for company. Any advice on re-homing old and young together would be much appreciated
Regards
Pat
The picture is of the three old gals tonight as I closed them up
.............wish my kids were like minded!
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