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I got 4 new hens today! I now have 2 roosters and 12 hens. The new four are getting acclimated in the run on the right while the others check them out. I gave all corn to distract them. Really the integration went AMAZINGLY smoothly. It is so nice to integrate grown hens, vs. smaller pullets with a flock of mature birds. I won't bore you with the details, but after trying to get the new girls in the coop tonight I finally gave up and decided they needed to figure things out. I went back out after dusk and guess what I found - 4 new girls tucked in nicely next to Merlin. How awesome to have that work out! Now I just need to get the coop open before feathers fly in the morning.