Keeping bantams and LF together?

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

With having 10 LF hens And a roo, I would not put less than six bantams in their.
1 if you just have a couple they will be easily singled out.
2 if you just had a couple than the roo will over mate those bantams and they could die because of their size.
3 the flock will never fully except just 2-3 they will be at the very bottom of the Peking order and could die very easy.
If it were going to work you are going to need to balance out the ratio of LF to Bantams

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I have one bantam silkie, with a flock of 10LF, and she is the top of the pecking order!

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

I have one bantam silkie, with a flock of 10LF, and she is the top of the pecking order!

Silkies are the biggest type of bantam though. Silkies would work with LF but smaller breeds such as Cochins wouldn’t work as well

 

[Roo5]

Raised Cochins with about 19 LF hens including roosters and they did just fine, no issues.I also kept a bantam Cochin roo along with a New Hampshire rooster, no issues.

Silkies are the biggest type of bantam though. Silkies would work with LF but smaller breeds such as Cochins wouldn’t work as well

 

[Roo5]

If your birds are known to be aggressive, then it may not be a good idea to mix them, but you certainly could keep them in their own separate run.Ive introduced a single four month old bantam and she did find, she had nobody but herself , no bullying, occasional chasing but she fit in fine.What breeds do you currently have?

 

[Evelyn Walker]

If your birds are known to be aggressive, then it may not be a good idea to mix them, but you certainly could keep them in their own separate run.Ive introduced a single four month old bantam and she did find, she had nobody but herself , no bullying, occasional chasing but she fit in fine.What breeds do you currently have?

Hi, I have a sex-link, New Hampshires, Easter Eggers, and hatchery Black Copper Marans. The sex-link is the meanest by far, she picks on the others a lot (I think she would be the main problem). Not even the rooster likes her much. The NH's are sometimes mean, but rarely. BCM get along with everyone fine, and the EE's are more submissive.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

You won’t know until you try. If you really want bantams that’s what you’ll have to do. Attempt it and see how it goes. Have a backup plan if it doesn’t go as you hope.

 

[Compost King]

I have only had one size issue with a flock of birds that were all raised together. Meat Birds (even the free range variety) and Seramas do not mix. They get along fine but the meat birds will end up stepping on them. Other tiny bantams will get out of the way but Seramas won't.

 

[Roo5]

That’s a bunch of well known aggressive breeds,

Hi, I have a sex-link, New Hampshires, Easter Eggers, and hatchery Black Copper Marans. The sex-link is the meanest by far, she picks on the others a lot (I think she would be the main problem). Not even the rooster likes her much. The NH's are sometimes mean, but rarely. BCM get along with everyone fine, and the EE's are more submissive.

but I owned those breeds too and introduced bantams with no issues, so if I were you,I’d give it a go!