Jersey Giant chick with Silkie chick

[temple1612]

Right now I have 3 chicks in my brooder. A Blue Laced Red Wyandotte, a Jersey Giant, and a Silkie. Will I have issues having these breeds grow up together? I know the Jersey Giant will get much bigger than the other 2.

 

[Welshies]

Jersey giants will mature much slower than the other breeds and require grower feed far longer (Up to 40 weeks I believe).
Silkies are special needs chickens and hard to keep with other breeds in a flock.

 

[bantamluv]

They should all get along, just watch as they grow up. Good luck with them!

 

[featheredplanets]

There shouldn’t be any issues, especially with them being raised together. I kept many LF with bantam silkies with no issues, they were in the middle of the pecking order. Silkies are docile and can be picked on because they look different, I personally have never had this issue, had NNs, Polishes, frizzled pekins in there so maybe it’s because they were all uniquely weird...

 

[Silkies rule Forever]

What gender are they?

 

[azygous]

I've never had a JG. But from what I hear, they are indeed gentle giants and non-aggressive. However, should the JG turn out to be a cockerel, then you would have a big problem, pardon the pun, which can't be helped when you're talking about JGs.

A JG roo would likely crush any standard hen while mating, and a bantam breed wouldn't survive even so much as a interested gaze from a JG rooster.

 

[Silkies rule Forever]

If it is a rooster your silkie will be crushed and featherless, it happened to me!!!

 

[temple1612]

They are only 2-3 days old. No idea of the sex yet.