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We picked up two new hens on saturday. As this is only my second time integrating birds into an existing flock there are a couple of things I'm still working out. So I thout I might seek some opinions here, if that's okay with you lot. Firstly, one of the new girls just isn't an outdoor...

Just picked up our new girl. White leghorn 19 weeks old, cream leg bar slightly younger. They're in the old run and house that we keep in bits in the garage for introducing new girls. The others were a bit squawky but settled down, we'll give them a few days to get used to each other. I've let...

So if my sick bluebell doesn't pull through, and I choose to pick that moment to also replace my leghorn who's clearly never going to lay, what shall I get? Got an old speckledy (four years old, boss chicken, but a really gentle old hen), a goldline (who doesn't care for pecking order...

I've got a bluebell hen called Jane, who has always been a little cracker. She'll dash across the run an jump on to my arm on the off chance of treats, full of beans the whole time, and a smart one too, always getting more than her fair share of anything by putting her body between any treat and...

Hi all. First post here, sorry its one begging for advice! Picked up some new hens at Easter - had to lose one of our older hens at the same time, but since then they've settled in together nicely. The older girl (and boss) is a speckledy, and she's a grand old lady who gently keeps the...