Anyone have a mixed flock of bantams and standards?

[chipmunkridge]

I'm thinking of buying chicks in the spring and would like
to mix. The bantams would be a cochin, a danver and a brahma
The standards would be a polish, a appenzeller, a hamburg and
a lakenvelder.
The standard breeds are on the smaller size, and all known
to be pretty calm. The largest bird would most likely be the
polish, but it would most likely be on the low end of the
pecking order.
Does anyone think this would work?
Susan

 

[chipmunkridge]

Oh, all would be pullets.

 

[Nicole01]

They are fine together. I have one bantam to 7 standard. She was in a group of 5 when I introduced her to the older 3. My oldest EE was the only one who bullied the bantam and the EE went to chicken jail for a week. After that the EE lost her spot as top hen and became one of the sweetest pullets ever.

 

[NovaAman]

I have 19 birds now... only 6 are standard size... The rest are all bantam sized and they do just fine.

 

[NottinghamChicks]

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I have Brahmas, EE's, d'Anvers, Brahma Bantams, and a Silkie mix and they do perfectly together. I personally would not mix a Polish in as a single. Any breed that cannot see well will not do well in a mixed flock unless you have a pair or a trio even if they are the larger breed. There are crested breeds that are not completely hindered by their poms such as Brabanters.

 

[chipmunkridge]

Poor polish,
my daughters favorite dearly departed
polish rooster never understood what was going on.

 

[gritsar]

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I'm sorry but

My little polish cockerel is a bit clueless too.

I have in one coop a bantam brahma with LF brahmas, she was supposed to be LF. They are fine together. In my other coop I have SS, SF, silkies, polish, an EE, turkens, sex links, let's see what else, some mixes. All raised together, all do fine together.

 

[M.sue]

No problem doing that. I have 10 standards and 2 OE Bantams with one of them being the ROO. It worked out just fine and I also got them all as pullets at the same time.

 

[chipmunkridge]

I was thinking esp if they grow up together,
all should be fine.

 

[Stuby05]

i have red stars, leghorns, rhode island, and then a silkie bantam, and they all get a long good, I had a pair of silkie bantams but the rooster passed a month ago. but my silkie bantam(s) get along fine with the big ones. Hope that helps