Day Old Meat Birds and layers

[Omelette]

I would like to try raising 50 meat birds this summer + 2 new day-old layers.

Could I raise them together for a certain period of time?

I'm not sure about the timing. I may end up getting the 2 layers sooner (late May) and the meat birds mid-June. I haven't worked it out in my little head yet .

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[silkiechicken]

In the numbers you are mentioning, you could probably get away with them together for about 2 weeks before the meaties smush the layers.

 

[jaku]

I just seperated mine today- after only 3 days they are very noticably different in size and bulk. I was shocked, since they were all very similar in size when they arrived.

I figured I'd go ahead and do it now before it became a problem, since I'd have to seperate them in a couple of weeks anyway. That way, too, I can feed the layers regular chick starter, while the broilers get the high protein stuff.

 

[mmajw]

If you get your layers in May and Broilers in June they should be ok together for a couple weeks. I wouldn't go longer than that. I seperate mine after just a few weeks together, the broilers never leave any feed for the layers to eat and they need to be seperated.