Is it safe to put my 2 day old chicks in with my 15 day old chicks.? Also my 11 day old ducklings are in with my chicks?Thanks Anne
chick question???????
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I do it, as long as they arent a "Huge" size difference. Which most of the time they shouldnt be that much difference at that age.
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The 3 biggest ones Chickens) are seperate from all the others. Thanks I will try it and see. I will watch them for a while to make sure they are okay.
That should be fine as long as both broods are large fowl or bantam. Try to avaoid mixing different fowl sizes due to bullying.
I'm new to chickens, but I was forced to put my 2 (5 day old) Silkies in with my 3 (about 3 week old) MONSTROUS sized Brahmas and 3 (about 2 week old) EEs.
They were a little too curious when I put them directly in, so I separated them by a small screen for 2 days first, and got them used to eachother when I got them all out to play in the larger area of my kitchen with the Silkies on my lap, just so I could rebuke any roughness from the older chicks (oh yes, my chickies are very smart! they learned not to peck the hands within a few days of gentle taps on the beak whenever they pecked, and they stopped showing over-interest in the Silkies within a fwe sessions).
In a few days I put them all together, and never had ANY problems. Nobody ever lost a single feather. The only thing I had to watch for was the big birds got a little peckish if the Silkie's bottoms pasted up. As soon as I cleaned them, they were fine.
They were only together for a few weeks, at which point I was able to get more supplies and separate them (I was afraid of the Silkie's getting crushed by my clutzy, if sweet, Brahmas). The only thing I was worried about was the Brahmas leaping of their perch and landing on the Silkies, who were so tiny they could have been badly hurt.
Hope that helps!
*edited due to my awful spelling
They were a little too curious when I put them directly in, so I separated them by a small screen for 2 days first, and got them used to eachother when I got them all out to play in the larger area of my kitchen with the Silkies on my lap, just so I could rebuke any roughness from the older chicks (oh yes, my chickies are very smart! they learned not to peck the hands within a few days of gentle taps on the beak whenever they pecked, and they stopped showing over-interest in the Silkies within a fwe sessions).
In a few days I put them all together, and never had ANY problems. Nobody ever lost a single feather. The only thing I had to watch for was the big birds got a little peckish if the Silkie's bottoms pasted up. As soon as I cleaned them, they were fine.
They were only together for a few weeks, at which point I was able to get more supplies and separate them (I was afraid of the Silkie's getting crushed by my clutzy, if sweet, Brahmas). The only thing I was worried about was the Brahmas leaping of their perch and landing on the Silkies, who were so tiny they could have been badly hurt.
Hope that helps!
*edited due to my awful spelling
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as far as as I know they are all females and banams. At least that is what I was told by the seller.
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