Can you keep Bantams with standard chickens?
Yes, in most cases you can mix breeds of chicken in your flock. They generally get on very well. You can even include both bantam and large fowl breeds in your flock, if that is what you prefer. In fact, bantams don’t always or even usually end up on the lower end of the pecking…
Yes, in most cases you can mix breeds of chicken in your flock. They generally get on very well. You can even include both bantam and large fowl breeds in your flock, if that is what you prefer. In fact, bantams don’t always or even usually end up on the lower end of the pecking order just because they’re smaller.Click to see full answer. Moreover, what chicken breeds go well together?Everything from a teeny tiny (spunky) banty, to white leghorns, to rhode island reds, turkens, brahmas and cochins. The ones that you should worry about sticking together are ones that are seriously different, like polish or silkies. They may get picked on. “Normal” breeds should be fine together, in my opinion.Secondly, can Bantams free range? The coop can be smaller when you raise bantam chickens. The impact on your grass and any exposed gardens may be less too. Bantam chickens can be in the range of one third to one half the size of their standard breed chicken. Keeping this in view, do bantam chickens lay smaller eggs? Of course the bantam cochins will lay smaller eggs. Silkies also usually lay “small” size eggs, too, but they don’t tend to make the best choice as a breed for eggs, since they go broody so often. When birds are broody, they temporarily cease laying. Seramas are teeny tiny bantams, a few ounces only.Can you mix chickens of different ages?It’s completely possible to combine multiple age groups of chickens into one space. Never put day old chicks with laying hens. The age difference just too much. Instead, put the day old chicks in a smaller space for a month or two to grow a little bit.
