Hi, Your group is doing fine, love them ! As Jeanine mentioned there is a great size difference with hatchery and breeder stock. Your girls are almost twice as big and beautiful as my original hatchery group. My Main Man, Kable, is a *HUGH* sweet Roo from Jeanine.My birds do separate into groups according to breed. My birds are free ranging. The Favs grew up with other breeds. They had a Barred Rock roo who loved them. When I removed the Rock rooster the hens started to get picked on. I have quite a few different breeds. My two Orpington girls would not leave them alone. My very sweet Araucana rooster who is such a gentlemen to the ladies started attacking them. He was not trying to mate with them he would just attack them. At my mom's place the Favs did just fine for a good six months and then one of her Marans hen started attacking her Fav hens. They seem to be fine with my mom's Ameracauna and Orloff hens.
You can try them with other breeds just watch them.
I find my bantam Fav. eggs slightly smaller than LF Fav. which are slightly smaller than a large commercial egg....I do have other Favs, both males & females in mixed living groups with Barny's and Black Ameraucana's (i find them gentler than EE), Dorkings and Buckeyes-in your face friendly. Recently i re-homed a quad of regular Ancona's and the male was very sweet and gentle, the girls aloof.( Now have a separate started group of Rosecombs).
Before i began renovating my chicken yard i would often let everyone out together....it is interesting that if the same breed is from different sources, they know each other & will come together even if they roost with the mixed group they were from...... I try to rearrange/re-home if someone gets dominant and unhealthy for the group.
I have my bantam flock free in the barn & yard behind for now and the 5 boys have split 3-dominant, with 2 separate from the group....girls following both groups..... Jeanine, i still have Blue boy who is bottom of the group but is the smartest and has the best roost. VBG.
Love my birds, Hubby laughs, that i can sit and watch them for hours.
eliz
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