- Mar 25, 2013
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am new to the chicken world and want to make sure doing everything right .
My question is with 14 regular sized to larger sized chickens being raised up at same time as Silkie Bantams will they all get along and can we house them together? I have read so many mixed reviews on this subject. When I ordered the lady said she houses her's together and they are fine which I said great I would love to have a couple of Silkies then! 
I am expecting 1 day old chicks around April 17th that are : 2 Silver Wyandotte hen's , 1 Silver cuckoo maran hen , 2 light Brahma hens, 4 Easter Egger hens, 2 Buff Brahma hen's, 2 Barred Plymouth Rock hen 1 Australorp and then the 2 Buff Silkie Bantams. I did request all hen's but I know that things happen and sometimes you get a rooster. ;o) Also if the silkies are fine with my others should I have a couple more so they have each other? And last but not least Roosters what if I get a large to regular rooster or two? Is that fine to leave or should I find home for? Don't want them to hurt the Silkies or fight. Our new coop is a 10 X 10 and covered play run over 400 sq ft amongst trees for shade. Want to also let them out to our 3 acres to free range but will have to see as we have LOTS of predators and BIG Hawks still need to research on how folks deal with that? Ok I think my one question that turned into a few is done for now. Thanks [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]![/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I posted this question earlier on a different forum but thought I should ask the Silkie experts on this one.;o)[/FONT]
My question is with 14 regular sized to larger sized chickens being raised up at same time as Silkie Bantams will they all get along and can we house them together? I have read so many mixed reviews on this subject. When I ordered the lady said she houses her's together and they are fine which I said great I would love to have a couple of Silkies then! I am expecting 1 day old chicks around April 17th that are : 2 Silver Wyandotte hen's , 1 Silver cuckoo maran hen , 2 light Brahma hens, 4 Easter Egger hens, 2 Buff Brahma hen's, 2 Barred Plymouth Rock hen 1 Australorp and then the 2 Buff Silkie Bantams. I did request all hen's but I know that things happen and sometimes you get a rooster. ;o) Also if the silkies are fine with my others should I have a couple more so they have each other? And last but not least Roosters what if I get a large to regular rooster or two? Is that fine to leave or should I find home for? Don't want them to hurt the Silkies or fight. Our new coop is a 10 X 10 and covered play run over 400 sq ft amongst trees for shade. Want to also let them out to our 3 acres to free range but will have to see as we have LOTS of predators and BIG Hawks still need to research on how folks deal with that? Ok I think my one question that turned into a few is done for now. Thanks [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]![/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I posted this question earlier on a different forum but thought I should ask the Silkie experts on this one.;o)[/FONT]
