Got the Fence Up

We finally got the fence up. We also got 5 more chickens from a friend. We got 3 White Leghorns and 2 Barred Plymouth Rock Bantams. We decided to go ahead and move all the chickens over there and let them wake up together. That way it would be a new area to all of the chickens, and they could figure out their new pecking order at daylight. We went ahead and moved our pullets over to the new area first and kept the new chickens separated until it got dark. Then we picked the new chickens up and moved them into the coop. The next morning, we went ahead and let them all out together to see if they were going to get along.

They ended up forming two cliques. The new chickens stayed together and the pullets stayed together with the rooster showing them all that he was the boss. The rooster mainly stays with the pullets and is very protective of them. If the new chickens get near the pullets, he runs them off. He roosts with the pullets, and the new chickens roost together. And, I have seen no fighting (other than the first day), so that's awesome! It seems like one of the White Leghorns is wanting to join the pullet clique, so I'll have to wait and see how that turns out.

Excuse the mess. We will be moving this tin soon. We plan to use it on other side of carport later.

The White Leghorns

The new chickens.