Can a single bantam chick join a standard flock?

[Jurot08]

I accidentally ended up with an Easter egg bantam pullet. She didn’t grow when the other chicks did. She is 9 weeks old now. Can bantam pullets join the main flock? She’s been living with one standard size pullet who is ready now to join my two 11 week old pullets and one cockerel. That would leave the bantam chick alone when the standard pullet joins the flock though…can I add them together?

 

[sourland]

I would add them together and monitor closely.

 

[Jurot08]

I would add them together and monitor closely.

How would you introduce them? Stick the little ones in at night or during the day?

 

[chkncrazy]

I stick mine in at any time when I'm home so I can monitor, people say to do it at night and they won't notice lol they always notice luckily right now it's too hot for them to make too much of a fuss I had eight hens and I just added two more there's a little pecking and hoarding of the food dishes so I have a few food dishes and water dishes out around the run and I put out bread crumbs and pick baskets of clover and spread that out everywhere so they all get a chance to eat but I've had mixed flocks over the 30 years never had a problem just make sure that rooster doesn't try to mount that bantam too much I'm sure he'll try but she'll get away