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Friday, June 17, 2022

How to Introduce New Chickens to Your Existing Flock

I think we all get ‘that’ craving every time spring comes round- introducing new chickens to our flock!?

In fact, with our first flock, it didn’t even take us this long. After the first weekend, we went and got another six pullets.

Before we knew it, we had twelve pullets in our coop staring back at us!

Fortunately, as the first six pullets were still establishing their pecking order, introducing six additional pullets was surprisingly easy, and it happened without too much squabbling.

Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case, and introducing new chickens to your existing flock can be a distressing and problematic time for both you and your chickens.