FeatherLace
Chirping
So I have two batches of birds. The first are all chickens, 12 of them that have grown up together and are all 16 weeks old. The second is very mixed, including 2 khaki ducks, 2 african geese, 6 guineas, and 2 bourbon red turkeys. I was thinking building 3 separate coops. One for the chickens, one for the waterfowl, and one for the game birds. Will this work, or should I try to integrate them all into one big coop?
Also, within my chickens, I have 4 ayam cemani pullets. I wanted to have AC babies, but that can't happen unless I added an AC rooster. I have one lined up to buy, but he is 5 months old. I was thinking when the pullets were bigger I could separate them and put them in with him in a separate half of their area, just keeping the rooster by himself with the see-dont-touch method with the other chickens. There are 2 roosters in my original flock so I didn't want to put the new rooster in with risk of him fighting and hurting my hens or other roosters.
So should I keep him in his own space, then when the ladies are old enough just introduce the ladies to his space? Or what is some more advice?
Also, within my chickens, I have 4 ayam cemani pullets. I wanted to have AC babies, but that can't happen unless I added an AC rooster. I have one lined up to buy, but he is 5 months old. I was thinking when the pullets were bigger I could separate them and put them in with him in a separate half of their area, just keeping the rooster by himself with the see-dont-touch method with the other chickens. There are 2 roosters in my original flock so I didn't want to put the new rooster in with risk of him fighting and hurting my hens or other roosters.
So should I keep him in his own space, then when the ladies are old enough just introduce the ladies to his space? Or what is some more advice?