Multiple Coops, shared run? Silkies...

[JDN]

My wife wants silkies. I don't want to take the chance of a poor integration on a bird that has the deck stacked against it from the angle of the exposed brain, the lack of roost, possibly impeded vision from the crest...

So, if there is a big enough run, say 20 sf/bird, and a separate coop for them, will that work to help everyone get along, or do they really need a different run?

Current flock is 5, all approximately 6 weeks old, but I intend to cull the Cornish Rocks soon. Speckled Sussex, Dominique, Americauna, two meat birds mentioned above...

 

[James White]

I have all bantams, and they do occasionally bully eachother and tear out each others feathers even though the mean birds sleep in their own coop with a shared run. I think they’d be fine, especially if you trimmed the crests so they could see attackers coming. You’d be surprised how fiesty the mini chickens can be!

 

[OmairaB]

Excited city gal done with raising Parrots now enjoying my last time raising my youngest set of twins & a couple of chickens(3-4)

 

[aart]

So, if there is a big enough run, say 20 sf/bird, and a separate coop for them, will that work to help everyone get along, or do they really need a different run?

It might...would be good to be able to split the run too.