mixing breeds in a 12X 12x 8' high coop

[joe28532]

I just started my first chicken coop. I bought three small(two month old BANTAMS). I'm now wanting to get some better egg layers. Is it wise to put a couple of grown Rhode Island Reds with these three small Bantams?????

please advise, Thanks

 

[skeeter9]

Usually bantams and large fowl get along just fine. I would quarantine any new birds you bring in, then, when you are ready you should probably put the new girls in a separate pen or cage where they and your bantam girls can see and get to know each other - at least for a couple of days. That way you probably won't have much trouble with them once they establish their pecking order.

 

[tiki244]

some sources say not to put your baby chickens with adult chickens untill they are 5 months old-regardless, 2 months to me is too young to be with adult chickens, at 5 months then they will have better disease fighting capabilities