I have six egg-laying chickens (red stars) and 6 broilers (cornish X) and I am wondering if I can keep them together? They are 4 weeks old. Do I need to separate them and feed them differently? Thanks for any help.
Thank you, everyone, for your replies. I guess I will just see what happens with them. They are a year old and were laying just fine before I got them. I feed them the bagged food from the feed store, plus scratch and scraps. I'll keep my fingers crossed.:
I am new at the chicken-raising experience. My hubby built a coop for me and I got three laying hens from my friend, who has lots of chickens. We got three eggs in the first two days and NONE since then. It has been over a month. I keep the hens in a coop, where my friend had let them free...