Mille Fleur with full sized hens?

[WoodstockChickens]

Hello All!

Do Mille Fleurs mix well with other breeds? We currently have a flock of 8 Easter Eggers and Ameracaunas, one Easter Egger rooster. They are a typical flock - a few cranky bossy bitches, and a few lower on the pecking order gentle hens that just keep their distance. Our rooster is a bit horny, but a decent rooster - feeds, protects, etc. - just gets a bit aggressive mounting sometimes in the spring. Our neighbors found a little Mille Fleur hen under a bush in the woods (who knows how she got there), but she needs a home and we were wondering if those adorable little chickens do well in full size flocks? We don't want to take her, and then have our hens/rooster be really rough on her.. Rambling, sorry, but can those little chickens do okay with big hens? She's so damn cute, and we'd like to give her a good home if they mix well!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I'm thinking you could try it out for a while to see what happens... Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.. p.s do you know how to properly introduce a new chicken to the flock?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

What's your coop like?

 

[WoodstockChickens]

I'm thinking you could try it out for a while to see what happens... Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.. p.s do you know how to properly introduce a new chicken to the flock?

Yeah, have introduced chickens before with quarantine, then separating where they can interact but not touch for a few weeks, etc... Just never with a chicken this small!

 

[WoodstockChickens]

What's your coop like?

Pretty big for 8 birds - 10x8, heavy insulation and fortified (upstate NY with bears and winter), a run about 20x20, separate dustbath area 6x6, and a 100' fenced yard with aviary net for summer days...

 

[HuffleClaw]

@Cyprus specializes in the breed. She can tell you more I’m sure.

 

[Cyprus]

I mean, I really wouldn't....
The thing with the d'Uccle breed is that they are super gentle and non comfrontational. Pushovers, basically. They don't fight for their food or partake in pecking order politics. And the hen is definitely going to be hurt being bred by a male that large.

Honest, I don't think it's a good idea.

 

[HuffleClaw]

My d’Uccle is a complete bully to other bantams, but I have yet to try putting her with the largefowl girls. Cy is the d'Uccle expert so if she advises not mixing them then....

 

[Cyprus]

My d’Uccle is a complete bully to other bantams, but I have yet to try putting her with the largefowl girls. Cy is the d'Uccle expert so if she advises not mixing them then....

Every case is different. It might be worth a try, but the larger rooster worries me.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Every case is different. It might be worth a try, but the larger rooster worries me.

Me too. Especially since it sounds like he's a bit rough with mating.