Anyone ever kept fighter hens with normal backyard chickens?

[TheTwoRoos]

A coworker of my stedad has to get rid of his chickens and has sone fighter type hens.Was gonna give them a try but the saw many things on aggressivness and saw a hen take out a whole flock including a rooster.

Is this a good idea?Anyone else done this?

 

[Mrs. K]

No I don't think it is a good idea. I think your flock is going to be highly stressed, there will be a loss of egg production. Always the chance of disease or parasites being brought in. And a strong possibility there will be some death loss, or victims.

Like birds really do best together, and different birds seldom make a cohesive flock,

I don't think this is a good idea.

Mrs K

 

[donrae]

I think you need more information on the birds. What are "fighter type" ? Are they simply game birds? Have they been bred for aggression? Lots of folks keep game birds in a mixed flock and do just fine......it would depend on how the birds were bred and raised.

 

[centrarchid]

Take time to ask someone that actually knows something about fighter type chickens. Anyone else is a waste of time in providing information that is more often than not, more than a little incorrect. Pay particular attention to those that also actually keep them co-mingled with non-fighter type chickens.

 

[sdm111]

Take time to ask someone that actually knows something about fighter type chickens. Anyone else is a waste of time in providing information that is more often than not, more than a little incorrect. Pay particular attention to those that also actually keep them co-mingled with non-fighter type chickens.

excellent post Centra. Straight to the point

 

[centrarchid]

I am feeling a little sour.

 

[sdm111]

To the op game chickens get a bad rap imo usually from either bad or unknowing to how to properly keep games and when something happens its almost always blown way out of proportion. I have a hard time believing one hen took out a whole flock. I never mingled them so I can't say what will happen nor would I guess. Like Centra said get first hand experience u just may take a liking to them.

 

[MeepBeep]

Take time to ask someone that actually knows something about fighter type chickens.

Not to dismiss what you said entirely, but if someone claims to know something or makes any broad generalization about 'fighter type chickens' without knowing exactly what breed and lineage your birds came from and/or how they were raised and sorts as well as an in person evaluation, I will dismiss them as fast as the dolts that claim this or that 'fighter type dog' can't make a good or even excellent family pet...

The blunt reality is the term 'fighter type' has no qualitative value or base to base an assessment upon...

 

[centrarchid]

Not to dismiss what you said entirely, but if someone claims to know something or makes any broad generalization about 'fighter type chickens' without knowing exactly what breed and lineage your birds came from and/or how they were raised and sorts as well as an in person evaluation, I will dismiss them as fast as the dolts that claim this or that 'fighter type dog' can't make a good or even excellent family pet...

The blunt reality is the term 'fighter type' has no qualitative value or bases to base an assessment upon...

Fish out strain of games from OP, type production bird, and setting to be combined. Then let your ego play the field.

 

[MeepBeep]

Not to dismiss what you said entirely, but if someone claims to know something or makes any broad generalization about 'fighter type chickens' without knowing exactly what breed and lineage your birds came from and/or how they were raised and sorts as well as an in person evaluation, I will dismiss them as fast as the dolts that claim this or that 'fighter type dog' can't make a good or even excellent family pet...

The blunt reality is the term 'fighter type' has no qualitative value or bases to base an assessment upon...

Fish out strain of games from OP, type production bird, and setting to be combined. Then let your ego play the field.

Who's ego? Do you disagree with anything I said? And if so please don't let your ego get in the way of correcting me on what you disagree with...

FYI I have had and do have 'fighter type' chickens in a mixed flock so I guess that qualifies me as someone that should be advising according to you right?