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New additions to the family, Millie and Martha.

I’m trying out a see but no touch integration into the flock for these two and I’m curious where ya’ll draw the line before mixing your new birds. I’m bit anxious to let them just join immediately so I just want to get a good idea from others here.

What I still can’t figure out is what you look for that tells you they are actually ready. For example I’m looking for signs like less fence pacing and less chest bumping.

If you’ve done this a few times, what signs made you think ok now they’re ready for supervised time together?

For those of you who have actually logged your flocks egg count I’ve been wondering if a simple egg log is actually worth keeping for a small flock?

Like I don’t want to use a full spreadsheet just daily egg count, weather and maybe any weird shell days.

I don’t want a system that takes any longer than collecting the eggs but part of me feels like it would make it easier to spot a real laying drop bs just guessing from memory and part of me thinks I’d do it for 4 days and forget.

If you actually track eggs, what do you log that ends up being useful later and if you tired and dropped it what made it not with the hassle?

I’m still learning chickens and the hardest part for me is reading the quiet changes before anything looks clearly wrong.

Not the obvious stuff but more when one hen is a bit quieter and hangs back more or just seems slightly off in a way that’s hard to pin down. Maybe egg count dips a little too but nothing screams problems yet.

If you’ve kept chickens a while, what every signs do you trust most and which subtle changes ended up mattering more than you expected?