24th September

The newbies took integration into their own hands, and as they kept  getting out I let them out to mix with the older girls.  There's still a lot of chasing and pecking, and they stay as separate flocks, but Belle comes to the gate with the older girls, and generally gets away with it.  Clarice is the most vicious, occasionally she jumps on the newbies and pulls their neck feathers.  They are all scared of the four, and the four chase the three because they know they'll run.  When the newbies try to dust bath or eat treats they get run off, so in the afternoon I separate them so they get a peaceful siesta.