Can I? Help!!!

jakesbigpapa

In the Brooder
7 Years
Feb 27, 2012
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Ithaca, NY
I'm getting 4 silkies on Friday. They'll be a week and a half old. On Monday, I'm getting 8 chicks (3 speckled sussex, 3 golden comets, 2 EEs) that will be 2 days old. Can I brood them together?
 
Some people have problems with bantams getting trampled in the same brooder as full sized breeds, but if the silkies are older, then it should be fine. Supervise at first, of course.
 
As long as the chicks are in the same "generation", they should have no problems! The chicks I get are usually different ages at the time of bringing them home (they're a mixed lot at the feed store) and if they grow up together they don't really notice. :lol:
 
Thanks everyone. That's what I figured. I thought that it would be okay, particularly because the silkies are a little older than the other chicks I'm getting next week. As for keeping an eye on them, I took a personal day next week, the first day that they'll be together, so I can make sure all goes well.

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