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I have 4 Serama hens and 1 Serama rooster, they have their own coop. Then I have LF hens; 1 RIR, 1 BO, 1 Black Australorp, 1 Cuckoo Marans, 1 SLW, 2 blue Ameraucanas (not old enough to tell if girls or not), and 1 Silkie (not LF but shares the coop) all in one coop. They all free range together all day, and put themselves to bed at night in the correct coop - LOL! It's funny though because during the day, all of the big chickens hang out a lot in the Serama coop, and the Seramas hang out in the big coop. Sometimes ALL of them are in the Serama coop which is a tight fit! Everyone gets along really well. They have all been together since February, except my little Silkie that I just got last week, and the Ameraucanas are only 8 weeks old. The Ameraucanas and the Silkie are all blue, and they hang out together which is really cute
They sleep in a pile like puppies
I think the Silkie (Flo) was accepted into the flock so well because she blends into the Ameraucanas and nobody even noticed she was there. One of my Seramas did occasionally peck her if she came too close to wherever they were hanging out, but now she's fully part of the flock.
The first few weeks after we got our Seramas, we did alternate free range time, but then started letting everyone out together and it went really smoothly. They do tend to alternate which size group is grazing on our grass patch, rarely are all of the chickens on it at once, but occasionally they do. When I give out treats, I try to throw a bunch in different directions so the big girls don't hog the treats. I give the big girls enough to distract them, then give the little girls some. Or if it's something like bread, I'll put ten little pieces in my hand and throw them all at one time and then all sizes of chickens get some each time. Oh, too funny, when I was tossing bread last week, one piece landed in Flo's tail, and stuck! Luckily none of the other chooks noticed, or she would have been chased all over. She finally preened it out a little while later!
Our Serama hens have just started laying, so in the morning and evening, we have them cooped up about an hour later than the LF, otherwise Elvis wastes his time trying to fertilize the big girls.
Oh, when we first started free ranging both groups, the Seramas did stay on the opposite end of the run from the LF, but there wasn't any picking on or fighting. Gradually they integrated to where they all go wherever they want and don't bother each other. Just when treats are handed out, sometimes the LF will almost run over the Seramas to get a treat so have to be a bit careful. Also the LF are PIGS and will jump up waist high to grab extras.
Anyway, ours have worked out really well.
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