Adding New Bantam Chickens to an Existing Flock | Integrating New Chickens

Join me, The President of Chickenlandia, as I integrate some tiny rescue chickens into my mixed flock of standards and bantams! Watch as I show you in easy to follow steps exactly how to deal with the pecking order and gently help everyone to get along. There's even another rescue chicken that joins us toward the end! #chickenlandia #welcometochickenlandia #integratingchickens
*Dealing with the Pecking Order*: It's so hard to watch chickens work out the pecking order, but it's a necessary part of the nature of the flock. During integration, I recommend checking on your new birds several times during the day to make sure they aren't getting pecked to the point of drawing blood. If bleeding occurs, you need to immediately separate the new bird, care for their wounds, and start the integration process over. Every flock is different but in most cases, everyone will eventually get along.
*QUARANTINING NEW BIRDS*: Every flock carries different pathogens and sometimes new birds can make existing flocks sick. To properly integrate new birds into your flock, it's best to keep them in a completely separate area with no chance of cross-contamination for two to four weeks. Clean shoes with a diluted bleach spray or cover them with disposable plastic bags when moving between your existing flock and the quarantined area. Treat new birds for external and internal parasites as a precaution. If you have addition questions, feel free to contact me through the following links:
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[@christynm.8933]

I know this video is old but WHAT AN ANGEL to save all these chickens that most consider a disposable animal of no value! I just L❤VE chickens!!!❤🐓

[@gwenjones117]

LOLLOLLOL, they are so fun to watch, MY husband freaks with the pecking order

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Sorry, I'm just now seeing this comment! Yes, the pecking order is tough to watch sometimes!

[@missymoonwillow6545]

The Goddess of all chickens guided me to this channel, and my life is now much improved as a result. So grateful! :) We love chicks just as much as you do!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Yay!! It’s so great to meet like minded chicken people! ❤️🐔❤️

[@KellyHolmes-v7g]

lol I call pac man “Flo” from the old tv show Alice. She just makes me think of Flo, so sassy. Kiss my grits. 😂

[@elesaansell6733]

Thank you. I am about to integrate 4 young hens into my original flock of 5. I appreciate your suggestions.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

You’re so welcome! 🐔

[@sylvieroy3751]

You are wonderful 😍💜🐓🐔🐥🐤🐣

[@jackie5046]

OMG... Such a serious video that I am watching intently because I need to integrate new girls to my flock....but then that quick cut to "he really pecked me very hard in the butt"...the way you looked at him😂😂😂.

[@christinascorner590]

I love the beginning! Your hen must have been really excited to see you!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Haha I guess so!!

[@lynnhurst8331]

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[@roseruby4462]

What a sweet chicken lacey is

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

I can’t wait to post it! As of now it’s just in my head but I’ll shoot it soon!

[@pgnanofarm9776]

And your kingdom grows!! Love it.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

First Chickenlandia, next the world?? 🤣❤️🐔

[@PsycInColour]

I want a whole show on Pac-Man 🤣🤣🤣❤️

[@AlmostHomestead]

Nice job with adding the new kids. That went pretty smooth.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Yes, it’s so hard to see them squabbling but it’s just part of their nature. I like the separate but seeing strategy the best. :)

[@AlmostHomestead]

Welcome to Chickenlandia We used that method also and at night they would roost together in the coop. When we introduced them we had a completely new area that we put them all in so the old girls weren’t feeling like that needed to defend their turf/run. The new area and treats worked very well.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

That sounds perfect!

[@QSnarf]

I know this is an older video but wow, thanks for posting! I just got baby bantams and let them out with the rest of the flock today and they did get pecked, so they are back in their outside crate and they are back to viewing each other. I will keep trying but wow, your videos are always so helpful, and funny!!!

[@christofix]

when the chicken cam to the camera that sceared the hell out of me LOL; Great video, new subscriber here

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Hahahaha Don't worry, my chickens are nice. Thank you for watching and subscribing! Really appreciate it.

[@taunyaharmony2938]

Your laugh is contagious

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Thank you!

[@MYPERMACULTUREGARDEN]

You are such a sweet lady taking in so many chickens!!!! when I had chickens,,,, Had trouble getting new ones to integrate ,unless they came in a bunch of about 3-4, otherwise a lone chicken got picked on !!!!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

It's definitely a process to integrate one chicken. I'm able to do it but it takes a while. If you ever need help I'm here and you can ask me anything!

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Hail to the President of Chickenlandia! 😃 Lots of good info here. We've never had to integrate a chicken into a flock. The only flock we had we got at the same time. This will be useful though, as we end up getting more chickens. Thank you for the video! P.S. we're featuring you on our end screen in tomorrow's video. 🙏

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Whaaaaaaaat??? Thank you!!! I truly appreciate it and you have an awesome channel!

[@diclamonterroso4282]

What do mean you’re running out of space...what about that nice big playroom next to the chicken yard? The kids can play in the rain!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Oh, Mother! Lol 🙄🤣😍

[@RufusShaw]

Great video, thanks for posting !

[@chickenlover1147]

beast is so cute

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

She is!

[@KnightsArmory]

Very cool video. I just got my first chickens 😁

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Woot!! Congratulations! 🐔🙌🏽

[@QSnarf]

Okay y'all, the treats work! I just let my small chickens out with the Ladies and I gave them their favorites: pork and lettuce!! There was a bit of chading but no pecking. Yay! Thank you President!!

[@Eyes2C.]

Hi madam president! 👋🏼 Its our anniversary and hubby came home with a new coop! Its my first time! Im so excited! I think i want bantams.. i originally wanted bardrocks but as a first timer, i think bantams might be better. Im binge watching your channel to learn all i can. Thank you! 💖😁

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Bantams are awesome! Just remember that in general they go broody (want to hatch chicks out) much more often than standard sized chickens, and when they are broody they do not lay. They also lay less. But their eggs are yummy and they are super cute!!! Twice the fun in less space!

[@crazydaisyminds3597]

Could you make a video that talks about how your bantams and standard chickens get a long together. Do you only have small roosters? Do the bigger roosters try to mount the small bantam hens?

[@SuperSimpleSauppe]

Beautiful chickens! We have 3 bantams. Yummy sprouts. We grow sprouts for us to eat and we give some to the chickens too but they don't eat them.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

I love bantams! I have some standards too but the bantams are just so funny. Plus you can get twice as many since they’re small lol. ❤️🐔❤️

[@victorbroken0012]

Hey love the vid! Would love to know where you got your black enclosure thing 😅

[@DuuuuvaaaalllCityGirlGardener]

Today I'm going to try and integrate my 1 bantums and 4 Americaunas 🐓🙏🏾

[@nsusai6380]

Thanks for the video! Was so helpful for me

[@RandomKansas]

My chickens land on me like that as well!

[@Jkontis65]

So glad I found this video! I have two bantam baby chicks. I have a flock of 8 standard chickens. Worried about how to integrate them when the chicks are older. Do you think only having 2 bantams is too few for them to be happy? TSC only had the two left and let me have them. Now I feel like they’ll get lonely.

[@tracysmith65]

I love pacman!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Haha she is so funny! I love her, too. Thank you for watching!

[@victoriahaldane9689]

Wait hold up chickens can fly?! I thought they couldn’t 🤣🤣

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Haha they can fly a little bit. Especially the tiny ones!

[@victoriahaldane9689]

Welcome to Chickenlandia oh haha we are getting some bantam chickens very soon!! x

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Yay!!! So fun. 🐔❤️

[@jennifertheobald9823]

Where did you get the pen area that the new bantams went to after being let out of the carrier?

[@MasonDixonAcres]

Why did the owner have to get rid of Lacey?! Such a beauty!! Really enjoyed watching this!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

She really loved Lacey so much but they were having a problem with predator attacks and she was worried Lacey would get hurt.

[@MJYouAreNotAlone1]

🙏❤️

[@christinehaslam9480]

What kind of chicken is pacman? So cute❤

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

She’s a polish hen! I love her.

[@heidigreenbaum2489]

Iam getting double yoks, is that normal?

[@KaileenaxMinahx0106]

Aw, that's so sweet Dalia! I might be saying a mistake, so I'm sorry in advance, but do you have any Silky Chicken from Japan? I think that's how it's called.. I find them so beautiful and goofy looking at same time! :D

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Yes they are Silkies and they are from China! I currently don’t have any but I have before. They are just the sweetest things. Love them!

[@MJYouAreNotAlone1]

I have three baby Brahmas, and one baby bantam that will have to be integrated with my large chickens. I am scared.

[@cwli1]

I'm mainly interested in bantam leghorns. With the chick of a normal-sized chicken you can tell if it's female by looking at the ends of its wings when it's very young. I then heard that this method can't be used for bantam chicks. Is that true? Can their poop be picked up with a cat-litter scoop?

[@DavidTopazDaddy91]

I dig your video! I have three large fowl ladies, they're 9 month old pullets, we just added four bantams and one LF Polish (now 13 weeks old) right next to their coop (see-but-no-touch), and now finally, after a month in sight of each other, we're starting to attempt letting them free range together to get them integrated a bit before we move them ALL to the new HUGE coop and run we're building! The coop is done, run in progress but will be done soon! Free range integration is not going TOO bad, but one of the older pullets is a bully and chases around the little girls non-stop, even in a wide open field! Any tips you can give me? Any advice is welcome!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Hi, David! Thank you for your question. It sounds like you are doing everything right. I wouldn’t worry too much about it unless they are drawing blood and/or keeping the little ones from food and water. Make sure you put food and water in a few different places to help. If it gets really bad, start the integration process over again. Or, you could separate the bully hen for a few days, which should take her down a notch. Keep me updated!

[@DavidTopazDaddy91]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia Gotcha, tomorrow I'll give your tips a try! If Charlotte the Barred Rock keeps being a Mean Girl, I'll isolate her, and let the other two run around with the new chickers! I thought I should mention, one of the bantams is a cockerel, dunno if that makes any difference with the integration process or not, at 13 weeks he still acts more like a chick than a hormone infused male, still hasn't even crowed yet lol. Thanks for your reply!

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Aww cute little rooster. You may find he gets a little overly zealous during adolescence, and then will either calm down or turn very territorial at a year. The little ones are my favorite!

[@DavidTopazDaddy91]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia He's a tiny little Black tailed Buff Japanese Bantam, he's the same size as our tiny Old English Game Bantam girl, he's adorable! So far he hasn't acted very rooster-like besides his little challenges with the girls he is with right now, every now and then he'll flare his neck feathers and do a little chest bumping dance with some of them, lol, it's too cute, he usually backs off. We once had a GIGANTIC Rhode Island Red with the older pullets, but he became too "lovingly" aggressive, and too "protective" of his girls, so we gave him to someone who wanted to breed their RIRs. Hopefully little bantam boy will be a good boy for the whole flock once we get them all integrated! I love roosters, they're so pretty and funny

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

They really are! Good luck. 🐔

[@cmjudco]

why did you have to rescue Lacey?

[@AneSelmani]

👍

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

[@CoyoteCrossingSanctuary]

How many Roos do you have? How big is your coop?

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

I had two roosters when I made this video. My current coop is about 5x6 feet.

[@adfitz4483]

I’m getting a bantam rooster rescue we have five full size hens, no other roosters. Do you see any potential problems. PS we live in Pacific Northwest near Newport Oregon.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Go very slow with the introduction and keep them seeing but separate for a bit. Then try to slowly integrate and keep a watchful eye. It will likely be fine but if blood is drawn, start the process over. 🐔❤️

[@adfitz4483]

Welcome to Chickenlandia THANKS 😊

[@jameselliott9866]

What breed is your black and white duck? And is that an ancona bantam?

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Hey there! Duckles is a mottled Runner Duck. My little mottled (black and white) chicken is a Serama. :-)

[@iNeedACoolName]

i want chickens!! 😂😁

[@iNeedACoolName]

Also, Pac-Man is my fave haha

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Not only do you want chickens, you NEED chickens! Lol for real tho!

[@iNeedACoolName]

Haha, we will see! :)

[@christiebetts4970]

Ok I have the new chickens in a large dog crate and i'm letting the two old girls check them out.Someone told me to put the new ones on the roost at night,but a little nervous about that

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

That’s a great idea, I would just give it at least a few days and then do it. Make sure you get out to the coop right at dawn to let them out, and watch them throughout the day to monitor how they are getting along. If there’s no blood you’re good to go! Just keep an eye on them. 😁

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

If your new ones are young it’s best to wait until they are around the same size, at least twelve weeks depending on breed. ❤️🐔❤️

[@wen-natureza]

I wany to put a coop next to my house kind of how you have it pest up. Do you experience problems pest problems inside your home? Wondering where to keep my coop by house or away go not attract mice and etc Thank you.

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Thank you for your question! I have very limited space in my backyard, but if I could have my coop separate from my house I definitely would. There are some things you can do to ward off rodents, but better safe than sorry. If you can do it, I would recommend having it further from the house than I do. :)

[@wen-natureza]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia thank you! Will try that. Thank you

[@WalkerFam]

Catching up on videos I'm behind

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

I really appreciate you watching them! I need to catch up as well. ❤️🐔❤️

[@WalkerFam]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia your welcome lol the roster in the video almost woke my husband lol hes sleeping and I'm watching videos

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Oh that’s Philippe. He’s a pain in the butt!!! Literally, he bites me on the butt when I’m bent over. 🙄🤣🐔❤️

[@WalkerFam]

@@WelcometoChickenlandia hahaha 😂

[@jlk8810]

Hello, I recently purchased a few bantams hoping to get a hen. Now I have a couple bantams that need a home. My neighbor hates my sweetheart. I don't think we're zoned for roosters. Can you help me out, or point me to someone who can

[@dinavoutour7796]

I bet it is your gourmet chicken feed that your rescue loved. She probably had not had that feed before. Both of the stores here in Florida that carry the feed you use are too far away from me.

[@onetuliptree]

One year ago today

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Wow. Is it? Doesn’t seem like that long!

[@kenbennison2175]

What breed is this black and white hen

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

She is a serama!

[@raymondswilson2012]

I would harvest Pac-Man. You are nicer then me.

[@beccyscully9657]

I rescue chickens and duck s and geese

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Nice! ❤️

[@SopherielClairvoyant]

can i have 2 pair

[@ankitgomes3398]

Chicken attack

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

At the beginning? Yes it was LOL.

[@lisabach3130]

Do you use sweeter heaters in the winter for frizzle chickens?

[@SADRIO_LAVONTE]

:)

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

🐔😊

[@PecksandPawsHomestead]

So is pac man a hen or roo? The name indicates roo but I thought you said she at first? I have a chick that looks EXACTLY like it and I'm wondering what sex it'll be. A little crazy like your too 😂

[@xufangpei2956]

Chickens do not like eat beans

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

Did I give them beans in this video? I think I gave them sprouted grains, which they like. :) But some chickens don’t like them!

[@Jimbob-zn6bl]

Cruel!! Stop!!!🐓

[@matthewblackwood4704]

I almost can't watch this channel because of the chickenlandia stuff

[@peachgoo4you244]

Can I not see your face so close to my face

[@WelcometoChickenlandia]

I don't have a way of knowing that but if you're having trouble you may want to consider progressive lenses. ❤️🐔🤓