New with some flock questions.

Welcome to BYC. I doubt since they are going to have troubles with each other especially since they were raised with each other and out of the group you have picked there are none that are going to be aggressive although chickens do have a pecking order hierarchy which may be something you notice at a pretty early age sometimes.

I hope you love your knew chickens, it's always exciting to get new or your first chickens or any other bird for that matter. I'm waiting to order my turkey poults and ducklings this year.

 

Welcome to BYC! You picked a very nice assortment. They should get along fine. They will establish a pecking order, and someone will be on the bottom, but that's life in the flock.

I was also looking for variety in my flock. I have 10 hens, including Easter eggers, welsummer, RIR, barred plymouth rock, dominique, olive egger, buff orpington and black australorp. The EE, dominique and welsummer are my favorites, although the welsummer and one of the EE were extremely skittish until they started laying.

Good luck and enjoy your birds! It's SO exciting getting the call from the post office to pick up chicks.

 

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to our flock. Since you're getting them all together as chicks you shouldn't have any problems in them getting along with each other. Just make sure that they have plenty of space as they mature and are not overcrowded. Overcrowding with any breeds can quickly lead to aggression, fights, biting and feather plucking, and even cannibalism. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck with your chicks.

 

The main thing that makes them have trouble getting along, is too little space in the coop and run and boredom during winter. You'll need at least 4 square feet of space per bird in the coop and at least 10 square feet per bird in the run. You'll need at least 8 inches of roost space per bird but they may still cram together and pick at each other. You'll need 1 nest box per 4 birds even though they often share or compete for the same box. Build 5 or 6 in case chicken math gets you. Keep them busy in winter so they don't turn on one another. They are all nice breeds. My BO's are my nicest birds, oddly, the smaller EE's pick on them sometimes. I have had both aggressive and non aggressive SLW's. Each flock dynamic is different so it's hard to foretell. Enjoy your new babies and welcome to BYC!

 

Hello and Welcome To BYC!

 

Glad you joined the flock.

 

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!