New chicken owner has a few questions

[Bismac]

Hi I am about to get my first 3 chickens and I just wondered if anyone could answer a few questions for me:

1> Can mixed chicken breeds live in harmony together ???

2> If I put a fertile chicken egg of one breed under one of my chickens of another breed when it hatched would they treat it as one of their own ???

3> Is wing clipping as easy as it looks ?

Thanks for your time any answers would be appreciated.

 

[Josie]

1>Yes
2> Yes
3> Dunno

Welcome to the board!

 

[wynedot55]

1.yes
2.yes
3.yes
when clipping wings just make sure you dont clipp them to close.or they will bleed.

 

[chcknrs]

And wait until you have a broody chicken before you try the fertile egg thing.

 

[greyfields]

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Absolutely.

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Yup.

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Sure is.

 

[chcknrs]

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Absolutely.

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Yup.

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Sure is.

I like that....short, to the point, and very enablinge

 

[Bismac]

Thank you all for your help

 

[jkm]

I will get all buffies next time, the barreds are noisy and pushy.
four works better than three, one can die and two is lonely number if you are a chicken.....

have fun

 

[Bismac]

Hi, the man I am getting them from has 2 breeds, I cant remember the exact names but there is a standard brown laying hen and some sort of rock chicken that has feathers that look like oil in water, very skinny. We are going to go for the Brown but I was going to get some eggs from the rock and sneakily let the browns hatch them.

 

[coffeefanatic3462]

Different breeds can definetly get along with one another. I just wouldn't' put some tiny breed of chicken, like those quail ones, with some really big chicken like a road island red. I have bantam Brahmas with two Americans, and they get along wonderfully!