If I separate my breeds can I put them together and ...

[tberggren]

Right now they all get along great, they have been raised together, but I am thinking of separating them so that I will have pure bred eggs to raise. However I am wondering if I can expect problems if afterwords I try to put them all together again. Anyone with experience with this??

Thanks

 

[debilorrah]

I have no experience with this, but I would think that seperating them and then putting them together may not be a great idea. We want to do the same thing, so next spring we are going to get pairs of the breeds we want and keep them seperate forever.

 

[ella]

You can sure do it. They may fight as if they haven't met before, the pecking order is very important to them.

I move my flocks around several times a year, there's always some fighting, but never too bad.

 

[cmom]

Since they have already been together, but not sure.

 

[Heather J]

It probably depends a lot on whether they can see each other when you separate them, but I've successfully merged new birds into a flock without the adjustment period where they could see each other through the wire and it hadn't been that big of a deal. There was a bit of pecking order establishment, but no one drew blood, so it worked fine for me. of course, i was adding hens and not roosters.