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We had to stop by a ceramics place yesterday. Superman ended up painting a decorative tray for me. It looks so UGLY now until they fire it. I can't wait to see it when we pick it up!

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I don't know why the pictures didn't go on here the first time.
 
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topdog24 said:
I would suggest keeping them separate unless you raise them together, letting them mingle will create trouble in all groups, ie pecking order, once you allow them to settle things out, you should leave them that way or they will have to re-establish pecking order in their own group each time they are separated and then again when allowed to mingle again, I have tried to do as you suggest but there is always conflict between flock leader and sub roosters in the combined group, although when separate the sub roosters become their group leader again, this back and forth will only make for constant ranting/conflicts between them, the same goes for the dominant hens of each group, it will effect egg production in the layers and reduced growth in the meat birds and then you need to think about possible injury's from the conflicts and medical attention relating to this. Also if a member of a group gets sick, if they all mingle you run a greater risk of infecting the whole flock and not just the one group. Some one else may have a different view on this but every time I have tried to co-mingle mine, egg production has suffered and there was a constant conflict going on in the run, once a chicken gets injured or bloodied, the others are going to team up against it as they see this as a weakness, a threat to the survival of the flock.
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Awesome! That all makes sense. I really appreciate your help. I'd be lost without everyone's help :)

Have a good day and thank you. Cody
 
Cody A said:
TD, I've considered doing something similar to what you've suggested and am going to have to think about doing it this way.

Let me run this by you and others.

Say I extend the run as it is in the pic 50' longer but add a 16' wide section to the "woods" side. So there would be one continuous 16x80 section and the two 8' sections would each merge into there own 16'x50' section. Then build breeding pens when needed in a convenient place. I eventually plan to utilize the area on the other side of the coop where the burn piles are as a free range area. I would need to cut in chicken doors.
If I did it this way then I can separate by breed in the runs when needed and let them have free range to the other side, let the breeds mingle together. Or I could create sections on the free range side.

If I let the breeds free range and mingle together and they have access to three different sections in the coop what happens to the pecking orders when it's time to separate again and vice versa. If they can only access each section by chicken doors and they want to go to another section to say a different roost or nest box are they smart enough to do this? I assume they figure these things out. I'm wondering if giving too many options will it create problems and confusion.
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The only problem with this is what if a roo of one breed takes a liking to a hen of a different breed? That pair will try everything to stay together. I know this from experience that's why I have separate coops and free range seprate. You might also want to have a quarantine area for new birds you get or sick birds to keep the whole flock from catching something. Pam
 
LemonMeringue said:
We had to stop by a ceramics place yesterday. Superman ended up painting a decorative tray for me. It looks so UGLY now until they fire it. I can't wait to see it when we pick it up!

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I don't know why the pictures didn't go on here the first time.
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You might get hooked with a new hobby that turns to side business. That's what happened to us with pottery. Pam
 
This week just keeps getting better. Here's my first Bielefelders egg. And a new CCL is laying one more to go. Pam
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Plus went to a dairy farm yesterday and got milk fresh from the cow.
 

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