Does anybody have any livestock that lives with your chickens?

[Annalyse]

I was going through online and found that pigs can live with your chickens even though I'm probably not going to get any livestock with my chickens, it could be an option for the future. What about you guys?

 

[3KillerBs]

That seems dubious to me.

Pigs, like chickens, are omnivores that eat anything that doesn't eat them first. I'd worry that the pigs would eat the chickens.

 

[Annalyse]

That seems dubious to me.

Pigs, like chickens, are omnivores that eat anything that doesn't eat them first. I'd worry that the pigs would eat the chickens.

I thought that to but I wouldnt just add a pig to the coop right away. Maybe if the pig grew up with them then I'd trust it more but little teacup pigs probably wont do that much harm. I'd be worried about feeding as well

 

[Ridgerunner]

I grew up on a farm with pigs and chickens. I would not keep them penned together. Part of that is that pigs can be messy, they can poop a lot and it can build up. There are some concerns on housing. It sounds like you are talking about a pet pig, not one you are raising to butcher. But the main thing is that pigs will eat the eggs They will eat the chickens if they can catch them, and they probably can.

Keeping chickens with other livestock, horses, cattle, goats, or sheep isn't too bad as long as they have room. There can be issues on how you feed them, goats especially are a pain. But that is done a lot.

 

[rosemarythyme]

"Little teacup pigs" can still be like 100 lbs. And pigs have been known to eat chickens.

 

[Folly's place]

We have horses and cattle, but the chickens aren't penned with them. The flock free ranges out there in the nearby pasture areas, generally all fine. Once a cockerel died in one of the stock tanks, and once a nice hen got stepped on by a horse and died. this is over almost thirty years, so extremely low risk.
The horses aren't worried about the birds, and watched as a fox killed ten hens a few years ago in their pasture. So as protection, not so much either.
I wouldn't try hogs, as they are omnivores. And we don't have sheep or goats.
Mary

 

[CluckerFamily]

I don't right now but my sister and cousin have dwarf goats. The chickens do well with the goats.

 

[HappyDuckie]

I know someone who has goats with their chickens. They do fine, just have to watch them at feeding time or they will eat each others food. My chickens range during the day with cows, usually stay near them actually.

 

[City Farmer Jim]

Do hoomans count lol I spend as much time with and tending to the flock I sometimes feel like one of them...and they have nearly house/coop broke me. 10 chickens is about as much livestock as we can handle with both of us working full-time right now however retirement isn't far off so there may be other livestock in our future.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

I grew up with my Grandmother's farm having other livestock with the birds. The chickens free-ranged with the horses and the goats with no issues. I imagine if you have an aggressive animal in the mix though, you may have some troubles here and there. As mentioned, I would not really put pigs with them personally.