After the Bayou Family left I built an addition to the coop to house the new chickens.
Now we did this for two reasons.
1. They were too big to stay in the garage.
2. We need to let the old chickens get used to the new ones.
Soon I will open up the wall between them and we will see what happens. I won't do this until they are all the same size which will give the new ones a better chance to defend themselves if necessary.They will figure out a pecking order in a short time. The roosters will be the most difficult. Anyway. After we moved the new ones into the barn the other hens stopped laying with the exception of Annie. She just keeps laying those crooked funny eggs. So after about 3 weeks or so the other hens have finally started laying again. Gramma told them if they didn't start soon she was gonna cook them. I guess it worked. I think I'm gonna build the coop bigger and make a bigger nest box. We might get some more chickens from the Farmer Daughter so we can get more eggs. I know our son and his family are waiting patiently for us to supply them with eggs. Who knew chickens could suffer from emotional trauma.
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