Mixed Flock Information (What Can You Keep Together?)

[SugarGroveFarm]

Have you kept any of these birds before?
I suggest starting with chickens, then think about adding others.
How much land do you have?
Are you good at building stuff...like coops and runs and fencing?

I've never personally owned any but my dad always kept chickens and turkeys so I'm familiar with them. They would be on at least 5 acres with the whole property fenced in so they could free range the whole thing if they truly wanted unless that too big of a space. not sure how much space they would all need to be comfortable. And yeah I'm a pretty capable builder the only thing I don't do is cut because I don't trust myself with a circular saw if I has a miter saw I would but until then my boyfriend can make any cuts a need and I know how to use a drill to put screws in and make measurements and all that we used to own a haunted house so we built a lot of stuff from buildings to mazes to stages plus I used to help my dad build when I lived at home

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Yes big space is always the key.But as the birds are growing up your going to have to raise a them side by side and in someway interact with all of them,atleast make them comfortable around one and another.There are certain waterfowl who actually don’t spend their entire time just playing in water,such as geese.Surpisngly they don’t really spend as much time as ducks do in water,unless their only flock is ducks.

You will still need separate cages.But the thought of free ranging them all in your property is ok,how many acres do you have?

The idea was to have the whole property fenced in and to just let them all free range the whole property and just have a few different coops with a coop with a smaller opening for the chickens and ducks so that the geese and swans and bigger fowl couldn't in their coop. I would imagine the waterfowl would stay near the water and the other poultry would go wherever they wanted. Having that big of an area to free range and stay away from each other do you think they would be fine? Or would you still make separate free range pens for them each? I do worry about the swans was only thinking about having them because I know how beautiful they would look on a pond. Would having a big enough pond with plenty of space for everyone work?

 

[SugarGroveFarm]

Yes big space is always the key.But as the birds are growing up your going to have to raise a them side by side and in someway interact with all of them,atleast make them comfortable around one and another.There are certain waterfowl who actually don’t spend their entire time just playing in water,such as geese.Surpisngly they don’t really spend as much time as ducks do in water,unless their only flock is ducks.

You will still need separate cages.But the thought of free ranging them all in your property is ok,how many acres do you have?

I have about 5 acres that I could use there’s more in the back but it’s used for hunting so it wouldn’t be included I thought about just saving up money and waiting until I can buy all the fowl I want at one time so they can all be around each other from the time they’re chicks and be used to each other plus I was hopeing having that much space to free ranch would make it where anyone could get away from anyone if they didn’t wanna be around each other that was just my idea tho need opinions on whether or not everyone on here thinks that would work

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Five acres is a pretty good.How many of everything do you think you will have?