Replacing hens

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REPLACING POULTRY:  Having had hens on my allotment for over 8 years now, I have always replaced my stock in full but have just added 5 POL hens to my seven 20 month old birds that will be culled in a few months.  I know there is to be some bullying for a day or two to sort the pecking order but they have been mixed for 9 days now but the new ones are still not mixing too well.   Is it best to continue to replace all at once or overlap each year.

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Anybody?

[Melbourne12]

What we've found in similar circumstances is that the "new flock" tend to stick together, so it takes a little longer to sort out the eventual pecking order.  Provided there's no serious bloodshed, we leave them to sort things out, which they eventually do.