4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[joza2210]

hello i have 3 buff japanese bantams 2 hens and the 1 cockerel i was planning to get a rhode island red (Just older than a chick) and a orpington about the same age will that work out ?

[Redwing]

Thats a heck of a size difference

 

They will need to be kept separate for qute a while anyway but even longer if the two new ones are very young

 

Young hens shouldnt go in with older ones till they are at least 18 weeks and even then only after a proper introduction period

 

Personally I wouldnt do it but there is a chance the cockerel will keep them all under control once they are all grown up

 

Sorry to sound like the voice of doom

[tom123]

not if you put them in with your trio, they would kill them sadly. they would need separating until they are about 20 weeks old however I would not mix LF with Japanese bantams as the size difference is too big. If I was you i would purchase another coop and run and keep the two flocks separately.

 

Good Luck

Tom