Mixing breeds and rooster question

[rsf31tmp]

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ok, I understood the silver laced wyandotte out of that....any more help?

 

[InsaneBreeder]

I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know what the breed of rooster in soonerdog's avatar is? It's on page one; I've been trying to find out that breed for so long.

 

[Catstar68]

Barred rocks, buff orpingtons, easter eggers, black austrolorps and silver laced wyandottes.

 

[rsf31tmp]

I have 12 Silver Laced Wyandottes, one Rhode Island Red, one Easter Egger, one White Leghorn and one Black Sex-Link???

just wanting to know how they will get along as a group. Plus, some of my Wyandottes must be roosters....what to do with the boy?

 

[andalusn]

My mixed flock of mature birds is a Jersey Giant Roo that tries to boss around 2 Dominiques, 1 Welsummer, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Cuckoo Maran, 1 Blue Cochin. To add to that group in a few months I have 2 Buckeye pullets and 1 Buff Orphington in the brooder.

 

[rsf31tmp]

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still looking for these answers....

 

[Segmoney]

You look confused. In my opinion, with only 3 years experience in homing my own flocks isn't so much the issue of breed. As it is the method of raising the animal. Although some breeds are larger than others, which would put them at an immediate advantage in any spat, it mainly boils down to temperment. Rir are known for their wild temperment as a breed, but that does not mean they are all this way. I currently home 12 rir layers who are very gentle birds in general. They occasionally peck at me while I care for them, however these instances seem to be from affection. Not to get too far off topic, it would come down to pecking order. Smaller birds are naturally at a disadvantage in smaller enclosures.
So if you have an abundance of room to house your mixed flock, and the proper time to care for them the smaller birds can become part of the family.
Keep a close eye while introducing your birds as well as over time as pecking order changes as time goes by. No need to end up with harmed animals.

As far as adding a roo to your flock, it would mainly depend on two factors.
Size and temperment, which tend to work hand and hand when breeding any animal.

A smaller roo breed may not be dominate to a larger hen, however the larger rhode island red roo may be too rough to breed with smaller types of chickens. Think of it more along the lines of a German Shepherd breeding with a shitzu.

Therefore it comes down to compatibility and would differ from bird to bird.