Hi I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to integrate a new hen into an existing flock? We have recently adopted a hen (loman brown) from one of my neighbours friends whose whole flock were killed by a fox bar this one. We already have two loman browns (maralyn and greta). We have a run of 18ft by 5ft and unfortunately we did not have another coop or run that we could put the new addition into to let them get used to one another. So we had no choice but to put the new one into the coop with the other girls last night, they were ok but today maralyn is hiding away from the new hen. Whilst greta chases and pecks her anytime she sees her and is trying to escape the run when she is out of sight. The poor thing is terrified and is trying to keep as far away from them as possible. Does anyone have any ideas on how to make greta and maralyn's acceptance of this new addition any easier?
