Can I Successfully Have These Breeds In a Mixed Flock?

Thread starter Allie Grace Sanders
Start date Jan 3, 2018

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Jan 3, 2018

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sourland

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16 Years

Probably a good idea to nix the Polish. Sometimes they do fine in a mixed flock, but too frequently the other birds peck at their crests and even scalp them.

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