Introduce two new chickens to my existing two. How to do it? Will it work?

[John Smith]

Ok. So i have two Rhode Island Red chooks, about a year or two old. And a good friend is moving away and they have two chooks aswell, both of his are smaller than mine, i think one is a bantam and the other im not sure , he says its a show quality chook (its about the same size as his bantam).

Will i be able to introduce his two to my two? Will they be able to live together? Will they be able to make the transition between his yard and my yard?

And also how do i do it? Is there some trick to getting them use to each other? I heard you can sometimes sprinkle Talcom powder on them to make them smell like each other, is this true?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
John.

 

[Kerbear]

I would keep the 2 new ones in a separate pen until the original ones get used to them being there - there is a pecking order, though, and the new ones are sure to lose. Banty's are pretty fierce, though, so after a couple of weeks turn them in with the others and see what happens, but get ready to grab them up! Good Luck!