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9:45 am
April 23, 2011
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Good morning ladies 
Could you tell me how I would go about adding 4 chicks to a flock with a giant rooster? It's bad enough he wont leave my poor older hens alone, I can't imagine what he will do to the new one's once they are added. I have added babies before, but never with a rooster in the picture. They are penned off in an area where the others can see them, so they are use to seeing them, but can't get to them. I am thinking of getting rid of the rooster but really don't know if I want to that either. =/ Suggestions?
Thank you
12:10 pm
March 30, 2009
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Add the chicks like you'd do at any other time. The rooster won't do his business with them until they are grown and ready for his business.
My roosters will chase the young new chicks/birds away from the scattered feed just like the older hens do, but that's the extent of it.
6:44 am
March 30, 2009
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You're welcome! Good luck. 
6:26 am
July 16, 2010
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I myself would not add chicks to an existing flock until they are about the same size as the others. Chickens don't really "get used to each other" even if they can see each other.
8:27 pm
June 16, 2011
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Like Becky, I would not add the chicks until they are older. Some roosters will go after the older chicks. My did. I have a hen the rooster got too young. She acted like she was down in her back. I had to seperate them. That was a couple of years ago and she walks like a duck sometimes. I'm not sure, but I think she was about 4 to 5 months old. She might had weak bones or maybe she was to young, but Why take the chance. Thank you for your question. I just got some chicks, and I had forgotten about that. Now I know not to put them in with him until they are older ( like 6 months old). As the old saying goes " Better safe than sorry"
12:07 am
April 23, 2011
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Yes I will be waiting for sure until they are bigger. I am wondering if his size is killing my hens. I had a perfectly healthy hen, and then a couple hours later found her dead. Smashed down like he had jumped on her and she never got up and died? :( I may have to get rid of him.
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