U know it is WINTER when your CHICKENS "AND" ____ are...

[BantyChooks]

How do you manage to keep small birds with large birds together? I have had zero positive experiences in my attempts.
My tiny birds would become dinner for my big girls.

If anything, the bantams are the bullies. One of the OEGBs (not pictured) was bought as an adult bird. After three days (or maybe two) in the integration pen, she escaped, ran straight for the coop, hopped up on the roost, and slept there all night. She integrated perfectly in three days. Wasn't even any pecking involved.

How she knew where the coop was I don't know. She had been in there once before for 5 minutes whilst I cleaned her pen.

 

[BantyChooks]

One of my bantam pullets (Georgia) has been a little nutty since birth. At about 8 weeks old, she attacked a full grown LF cock that was taking her food. He squealed and ran away.

 

[Jnkmoultonr1]

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Just a fun PHOTO FRIENDLY Thread with associations with
Winter Time & related Trials & Tribulations with 2 separate replies/explanations.

1. First Subject with or without pic CHICKEN RELATED.
2. Second Subject with or without pic ALSO WINTER RELATED.

Main Theme is winter. Chickens & ______ as well.
Get it?

I will throw the "First Pitch". Then The Ball Game begins...​

Taken on 1/5/18 Bonifay Fl. High around 35 and low 26

 

[SueT]

How do you manage to keep small birds with large birds together? I have had zero positive experiences in my attempts.
My tiny birds would become dinner for my big girls.

My LF and banties get along too, but the bigs tend to push the littles out of the food. I have to set up lots of food stations to prevent this.

 

[Jnkmoultonr1]

My LF and bantiesView attachment 1229604 get along too, but the bigs tend to push the littles out of the food. I have to set up lots of food stations to prevent this.

I kept mine all together after they were older. My bannies or silkies usually were raised in small pen ajoing the others

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Back in our birdie starting days, our daughter raised show birds with me for ffa/4-h etc. Most of our smaller birds couldn't be place with our egg birds no matter how long we tried. The following and last year we just sold them after the fairs. Kiddo grew up and we just concentrated on egg layers..big boys..

 

[RodNTN]

You know it's winter when you step inside to warm up for a minute, and notice that there are several chickens walking in to warm up too..

 

[Jnkmoultonr1]

I srarted with my small breeds. In. A smaller. Pen ajoining the big pen for 3 months or so. Then let together during day. Thenthats where pecking order comes in. I let things go until ir looks like gettung bad.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

You know it is Winter when -
You let your Doggies out to go potty and they run right to the backyard to the glass French doors and whine and cry to be let back it without going potty.

Also, your timer goes off before Sunrise to turn on bright lights in your egg house to boost egg production. The Roosters crowing at 4:30am let's you know the lights are working..

 

[MrsMistyReal]