New silkie owner vaccine question. And adding more chicks question

[Shainam88]

I am a new chicken owner and have 3 baby chicks about a week and a half old. What vaccines should I give them ? And if I want to add a few frizzles that produce colored eggs should I do it now while they are all young and they can grow up together ? To avoid aggression?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Do you think I should get them now or wait ? I don’t want aggression issues. If I bought babies the same age as my babies do I need to separate them ?

There's rarely any aggression problems between different breed chicks. Them being the same age, is the best to add the new chicks.

It wouldn't hurt to get them now, if you really want too.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Just to let you know, not all silkies are very fragile like other people say. The only type of silkie I see with more head trauma are the ones with Vaulted skulls.

They are winter, & heat hardy. Mine have survived the coldest of winters, & the hottest of summers.

 

[MysteryChicken]

7 week silkie, with 7 week Orpingtons. They grew up together. Using as an example.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm working on Giant Silkies, which are gonna be less vulnerable to predators.

 

[Swbertrand1]

Vaccinations are up to you. We don't vaccinate ours, but they are a backyard flock. As such, we've never had a case of Marek's or any of the other big diseases for which most chickens get vaccinated.

Size variations are usually only a problem if you've got an aggressive chick(s) in the bunch. We've raised Silkies right alongside RIRs, BOs, Australorps, and others. If they all get along and don't pick on each other, even if their ages are as much as 3 weeks apart, then they'll be fine together. Some will just ultimately be bigger than the others. Within the same breed, even better, but you still have to watch to be sure the smaller (younger) chicks are not getting picked on, are allowed to eat/drink, and don't get bullied out of sleeping spots.

In fact, we have a 2.5 year old Silkie that is one of the sweetest girls you'd ever meet in the chicken world. When we got some Golden Comets last July to up our egg output, they were 21 days old and smaller than her, so she didn't give them much thought. Once they started to get bigger than her, she put her foot down, and tore into a couple of them, so much so that they steer clear of little Noelle now She still gets on them if they get too close to her! The pecking order is established in many different ways.......

 

[MysteryChicken]

I am a new chicken owner and have 3 baby chicks about a week and a half old. What vaccines should I give them ? And if I want to add a few frizzles that produce colored eggs should I do it now while they are all young and they can grow up together ? To avoid aggression?

I don't have answer for vaccines, since my birds aren't vaccinated for anything.

I keep different breeds of chicks with silkies with no issues. Sounds like frizzled Easter Egger chicks are what you're describing.

 

[Shainam88]

I don't have answer for vaccines, since my birds aren't vaccinated for anything.

I keep different breeds of chicks with silkies with no issues. Sounds like frizzled Easter Egger chicks are what you're describing.

Do you think I should get them now or wait ? I don’t want aggression issues. If I bought babies the same age as my babies do I need to separate them ?

 

[Shainam88]

There's rarely any aggression problems between different breed chicks. Them being the same age, is the best to add the new chicks.

It wouldn't hurt to get them now, if you really want too.

My friend had bantams and just got a silkie and they are pecking at her and being aggressive . I would like to avoid this.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My friend had bantams and just got a silkie and they are pecking at her and being aggressive . I would like to avoid this.

It doesn't happen all the time, trust me? I do this all the time.
I even introduce 1 day olds to 2-3 week olds.