Bantam chicks with standard chicks?

[Redhead Hen]

Can you keep them together? They will all end up in the same coop/run when they get big enough to go outside. So I was just wondering if it was okay to do it now. They had them separate at TSC - probably for pricing reasons. I just don't want the bigger ones to hurt the bantams.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

I keep my bantam chicks and standard chicks together. I havent had any problems.

 

[kyeschicks]

I have the same question! I hatched bantams and standards and I just want to know if they can live together

 

[Redhead Hen]

Thanks! I put them together this evening. There was a bit of pecking, but nothing serious. It seems that the bantams really stick up for themselves! I got these chicks 2 days ago and had them separated because it seemed like the bantams were wanting to eat the pine shavings. But so far tonight no one has tried that!

 

[ChickyLaura]

My bantam chicks and standard chicks are all together.

My brooders have been cardboard boxes. I had the bantams in one cardboard box, and the standards in another. I moved them into a different, larger cardboard box at the same time, so that box was new to all of them. No problems, maybe since it was a new environment to all of them.

I do think my next batch of chicks will be housed in a wooden brooder box. The cardboard box idea only seems to work for a week or so for my chicks!

 

[vickie2133]

I currently have mine hatched together.

 

[aidenbaby]

To me, I think that my chooks act like dogs in that the smaller ones over-react to make up for their size. They are always the ones to try to fly off when I put my hand in the brooder. I have a feeling that my bantams will have no problem with my standards.

 

[Attack Chicken]

My 4 bantams do fine with my 3 standards I got from TSC.