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Raising Gamebirds => Brooding and Raising => Topic started by: Country Quail Boy FL on May 02, 2004, 11:46:24 AM

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: Country Quail Boy FL on May 02, 2004, 11:46:24 AM

Could i add 6 week old jumbo wisconsins to a grow out pen with 20 12 week old jumbo wisconsin?

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: CharlieHorse on May 03, 2004, 08:52:34 AM

Why sure you can put them in there...........but I have no idea what might happen!!    :lol:     Seriously........I don't have a clue.

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: County Line Gamebird Farm on May 03, 2004, 09:46:52 AM

That's probably not a good idea, there's too much age difference.  If it was not more than a weeks difference you could probably get away with it.

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: shagomatic on May 03, 2004, 03:33:43 PM

I have found that if you put the younger, newer birds in a small pen inside the big pen for a few weeks they will acclimate to one another and then you can put them together.  I have also heard that if you take out all the older birds and put in the new birds, wait about an hour and then reintroduce the older birds everything will be fine.  It has something to do with perceived territory in the older birds.

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: CharlieHorse on May 03, 2004, 05:31:08 PM

C,mon......just throw 'em in there!!!   Then you'll be able to tell us what happens when you do things like that!   :twisted:    LOL!

Title: Adding to grow out pens
Post by: Country Quail Boy FL on May 03, 2004, 05:57:51 PM

thanks guys...i am prolly gonna movee the older birds into a smaller pen i have for about a week then add put them back with the younger birds.