Can you mix bantams and full size?

[my first peepers]

Not sure if this is the right place to post this...
I have 3 EE girls and will have one roo (once I find a home for the other

). I am already dreaming of what chicks to get in the spring. Are there any problems with mixing bantams and full size breeds? i.e. is it safe for the bantams?

 

[thechickenchick]

I have 3 bantams in with 17 standard hens and 1 standard roo. I havn't had any trouble. My 1 silkie (Paris!) is very small, but she is bossy and they leave her alone. In fact 2 of the bantams are on the top rung of the roost! They look silly way up there squished between those big girls! Sometimes you really have to look for them!

I say go for it!

 

[my first peepers]

Thanks!
When is a safe age to mix them with the big girls?

 

[funonahonda]

It is alright just don't put the banties with the big hens to young or the older ones will peck and bullie them

 

[1acrefarm]

I would wait till the banties are full grown. I have a little banty hen that can't be much over a pound. She could whip just about any standard size bird I have. She did get her tail feathers handed to her one day when she got too close to my mallards ducklings. The big hens respect her.