bearded bantam silkies.

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chickens 4 me

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Jul 11, 2013
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hello I just bought 4 bearded bantams, they are pullets rangeing in age from 16 wks to 8wks.would it be ok to add another breed to my coop?? my neighbor has rhode island red pullets i want to add them to the coop-will they fight??
 
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a lot of suggestions on limiting the fighting can be found on this site. the flock needs a lot of room to get away, over crowding is the worst problem. The second thing that I have read is to put a temporary fence up so they can see each other for a while then take the fence down at night.

Welcome to BYC, enjoy your chickens! I have nine different breeds and will be mixing the two flocks in eight more weeks. At that time I will take all but one the cockerels away from the pullets
 
wow thats alot of birds....they all sound like lots of fun...we only have 4 my wife named them lol they are really neat chickens..i want to add to the coop female pullets for eggs thanks for the welcome to byc...
 
sweet! luv what your doing...im going to start me a small farm..rabbits and meat birds i have a big family lol we have the 4 silkies and 2 rabbits one is a rex i believe and the other is like a brown with big floppy ears...they are hand raised april was when they where born the kids hold them they are gentle..
 
Hello and welcome from east central Indiana. I have not had Silkies but have integrated different aged groups of different breeds. I have a large coop, approx. 16'X50'. I set an extra large dog cage in it. The 13 older ones were out in the coop and were 12wks. old. 4 youngest ones were in the crate. 2 were 8wks and 2 were 6wks. Their crate had it's own food/water. Left them in the crate until they were almost as big as the older ones. I had a couple of my kids stay in the coop with me and we'd let them out for short periods at first to see how everyone did. Did that for a couple days then started letting them be loose in the coop during the daytime only. Did that for a couple days then released them entirely with the others. Was surprised @ the easy transition. Not that there wasn't a little pecking going on. To be expected. Lots of space to run away. Have large branches in the coop to run behind also. Hope this helps. When I get more (wanting 5 EE pullets) I will do it the same way.
 

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