Planning on 3 different broods, possibly silkies. How will this work out?

[hbwright]

I now have 2 Ameracaunas and 1 white rock from a friend, hatched March 28th. My daughter was begging for a Partridge Plymouth and has her heart set on the breed so I ordered them with a couple more online that are available on April 29th so will be shipped that week. I found a local breeder that has the Partridge Plymouths and blue laced red Wyandottes, which I would like for myself so I will be getting 2 of each, probably hatching on Wednesday this week and I'll get them this weekend. I thought about canceling my order online but there are a couple others that I'm wanting from that order so don't really want to cancel, but instead substitute a couple silkies for the Partridges. So, this would leave me with 2 silkies with 7 full sized hens, hatched about a month apart. Do you think this would be dangerous for the silkies? I don't want to put them in danger in any way. I will have plenty of room for all of them so space shouldn't be an issue. They will have a run, size undetermined as of yet, but the fenced in yard is separate from our backyard and is a quarter acre on its own so they will free range when we are outside with them.

 

[missnu01]

Are the silkies hatching first so they will be older? Because I would think that would be fine I think... But I wouldn't put brand new baby bantams with month old large fowl

 

[hbwright]

No, the silkies will the the youngest, available on the April 29th. I would keep them in the brooder with the 2 other full size breed chicks in the same shipment.