I have 2 main coops.. One has a turkey and 2 chicken hens..( yes they are housed together as they grew up together and grey slate Turkey protects the hens..) no problem.Delaware and a Pekin( girls)
I have 3 bantham roosters that are free range all the time( they roost high in a tree at night.
I have another coop that houses 2 silkie roosters, 1 Serama hen, and a Wyandotte hen.They all get along good.And all free range during the day. Now one of my silkie roosters has started to try to win over a huge Delaware Girl with his side dancing and trying to entice her with stuff he finds.Its rather funny how he is acting and he goes on and on about her. I pick up the rooster and he clucks and carries on when he sees her walking away.Its amazing how much they talk and carry on all day. Allthough they lay eggs ( right now just the delaware and Pekin are laying, I never hear an egg song. One of the 3 banty roo`s gets into a nestbox and then talks up a storm..I guess trying to get a girl in there with him.LOL.. its rather cute.They all get along,I guess having an acre to freerange is enough room for everyone.I thought about thinning the herd a bit but I think they kinda got that pecking order down pat so I will keep all of them for now.Only drawback I can think of is not knowing which eggs are fertile. But fresh eggsalad is great .too
The pic is onbe lonely egg that I hatched from my silkie and serama hen a while back.Odd fella for sure
I have 3 bantham roosters that are free range all the time( they roost high in a tree at night.
I have another coop that houses 2 silkie roosters, 1 Serama hen, and a Wyandotte hen.They all get along good.And all free range during the day. Now one of my silkie roosters has started to try to win over a huge Delaware Girl with his side dancing and trying to entice her with stuff he finds.Its rather funny how he is acting and he goes on and on about her. I pick up the rooster and he clucks and carries on when he sees her walking away.Its amazing how much they talk and carry on all day. Allthough they lay eggs ( right now just the delaware and Pekin are laying, I never hear an egg song. One of the 3 banty roo`s gets into a nestbox and then talks up a storm..I guess trying to get a girl in there with him.LOL.. its rather cute.They all get along,I guess having an acre to freerange is enough room for everyone.I thought about thinning the herd a bit but I think they kinda got that pecking order down pat so I will keep all of them for now.Only drawback I can think of is not knowing which eggs are fertile. But fresh eggsalad is great .too
The pic is onbe lonely egg that I hatched from my silkie and serama hen a while back.Odd fella for sure
