Mixing banties with standards in a flock - what are your thoughts?

[LizzzyJo]

Thank you all for the responses! I am happy to be learning about this. A little info - I have 8 standard hens - no roos (hopefully 7 soon, trying to sell one).

I have a separate area for quarantine that can double as a coop if they don't integrate well. They free range every other day for 2-8 hours (only when I'm home).

I can give them baby feeders and waterers, as I have these already.

Do you all do 2 weeks or 1 month quarantine?

Then I plan on a 2 week look-don't-touch.

 

[Boise-girls]

I have 2 Sebrights with 4 larger bantams (3 cochin, 1 brahma). The Sebrights are definitely at the bottom of the pecking order, even though they're all bantams. They were picked on a lot at first, but not so much now that they have a larger space. They might do fine, but I'd have a back-up plan in case it doesn't work out. They do fly well, so having some higher perches available may help, along with the usual "get-away" options.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Thank you all for the responses! I am happy to be learning about this. A little info - I have 8 standard hens - no roos (hopefully 7 soon, trying to sell one).

I have a separate area for quarantine that can double as a coop if they don't integrate well. They free range every other day for 2-8 hours (only when I'm home).

I can give them baby feeders and waterers, as I have these already.

Do you all do 2 weeks or 1 month quarantine?

Then I plan on a 2 week look-don't-touch.

Then I see no reason not to house them together. My bantams do just fine with everything (pellets, water bpwls, nest boxes, literally everything) being built for standards.

 

[LizzzyJo]

Then I see no reason not to house them together. My bantams do just fine with everything (pellets, water bpwls, nest boxes, literally everything) being built for standards.

Thank you!

 

[LizzzyJo]

Here they are!

 

[Boise-girls]

So pretty!

 

[Ribh]

I run my bantams with my standards with no issues BUT...I don't have roosters & I don't have really dominant/aggressive breeds. All my hens are pretty mellow. The bantams do just fine with the feeders & waters I use & there are no issues with nesting boxes.

 

[Ribh]

Because a picture is worth a thousand words...
Here are my girls leaving their coop yesterday.

 

[LizzzyJo]

Because a picture is worth a thousand words...
Here are my girls leaving their coop yesterday.

They are so adorable! I love your set-up!

 

[Ribh]

They are so adorable! I love your set-up!

I love Seabrights! Unfortunately I haven't been able to procure any yet. Generally I have to choose from what's locally available, which has meant a very mixed flock. It's not ideal but I have been blessed in that so far it has worked.