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Welcome and I'm a newbie myself...I've successfully hatched Ringneck pheasants and Button quail for a few years,so naturally,to my husbands eye rolling, I've started my chicken craze.
Unfortunately, I like rare and exotic breeds and your thread made me stop and say..whoa!! Can large and small breeds get along as adults? My chickens jump in my car,if that's indication of how their raised
 
Colleen Hart said:
Ronnot1-I am going to be incubating Brahma's and Silkies at the same time,so,they'll essentially hatch together,if they grow up as chicks together will they be tolerant of each other as adults?
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Brahmas are usually gentile and get along with other breeds.

I would do it! but watch them
 
I have two separate "pens" breeding Ringneck pheasants ,I can't integrate them for at least 5 months,I was wondering if larger breed chickens would do well with smaller breeds? I know silkies are very gentle but small,Brahma roos can get up to 12lbs..I've heard they're gentle as well..I'm hoping this works out
 
Howdy Colleen :frow

Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Hope you know raising pheasants and chickens together is a major no no. Chickens can carry diseases that they can tolerate but will kill pheasants.
Best wishes in your endeavors!

Thanks for joining us! :celebrate
 
A local breeder was having trouble hatching silkies. She had be hatch for her and they hatched great!

I think one problem with hatching silkies is getting stuck into the dry hatch rut.

Silkies need more humidity and should be incubated at 40% or a bit higher
 
BrocktonChicks said:
Hello. We are about a year into our chicken journey. We live on the South shore of Massachusetts. We started with 6 chicks. 3 ri reds and 3 buff orps. Unfortunately over the first year we mysteriously lost one of each. No signs of struggle we just chalked it up to nature. This May we picked up 6 more chicks from a friend who's son brought them home without permission. Been a little rough. Was able to split the coop but a hole developed where the roosting bar was resting on the fence and two of our 7 week old chicks made it in with the big girls. Unfortunately only one made it out alive and she is segregated from the rest with some serious feather loss on her head. Very sad! So needless to say we are very worried about combining our flock. Hope I can be of some help here and look forward to being part of your community. Thanks for having us. Jesse
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