Shortly after I got my recent flock of chickens, I quickly decided to add more chicks to my flock It was quite the process of integrating the two flocks! After I got them all to be “one happy family”, I felt more comfortable If you’ve integrated flocks, you know exactly what I’m talking about!
Hen Hierarchy
We’ve all heard of the old term: pecking order
The truth is, the pecking order is a very real thing in a flock of chickens Although it may seem brutal to us, establishing a pecking order, is inevitable if you have more than one chicken It establishes the leaders from the followers
All the way down the totem pole, each and every chicken has their place
The number one contributing factor in hen hierarchy is age
Age, not size, separates the bosses from the underdogs
One of my most assertive hens, happens to be the tiniest,