Easter Egger or other large breed with Bantam Silkies?

[NewchickieLTJ]

Will they get along and be able to live in the same coop, if they’re raised together from chicks? I have 2 silkie chicks with an Easter Egger chick right now. I’m already worried that the Easter Egger will get big and trample my silkies. Is this a realistic concern? I read somewhere that raised from babies it’s fine...but now I’m reading that silkies shouldn’t be kept with large breeds. The silkie chicks are about half the size of the Easter egg chick. The parents my silkies come from are very small, even for silkies. They don’t have the really large crests though, so can see well.

The Easter Egger will accidentally step on the silkies while they’re sleeping etc. I thought this was just normal chick stuff, but now I’m worried one of my silkie babies could actually get injured. They all cuddle and sleep together, and it’s really sweet. They’ve been together for 2 days now and seem to have bonded. I feel bad separating them, and my kids are attached to all of them and have named them etc. Do I need to take the Easher Egger back to the store just to be safe though? I’ve already spoken to the store, and they will take her back and I can choose a different breed.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Keep it.. EE are fantastic fun birds and I raised Silkies with large fowl for years... only once a problem with a production red teenage pullet wanting to mount one of my Silkie pullets...

 

[Punkybrewster]

Ive always raised mine together too. Never thought about the size difference, they just all got along with no problems.

 

[NewchickieLTJ]

Keep it.. EE are fantastic fun birds and I raised Silkies with large fowl for years... only once a problem with a production red teenage pullet wanting to mount one of my Silkie pullets...

Lol. Ok, great. Thank you!! The EE is really sweet We thought she was a Cochin (the man at the feed store told us she was haha) but she’s def an EE, so I’m just now learning about them. My kids are excited for the blue/green eggs!

 

[NewchickieLTJ]

Ive always raised mine together too. Never thought about the size difference, they just all got along with no problems.

Oh good. Thank you! I’d never thought of it, and randomly decided to do a search and saw someone on here recommend to keep silkies separate. They did say it might be because their silkies couldn’t see to protect themselves. My silkie hens can see well though, and seem to be pretty alert to their surroundings, so I’m sure these chicks will grow up to be the same!