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

[tara]

Can bantams live with normal size chickens

[Janty]

Mine do but the intros were very, very slow. I nearly had a disaster when I first brought them home. I was told that they would all be ok together...they weren't!

 

Hubby then suggested we get an eglu and more bantams so it wasn't all bad.

 

 

My pekins and miniatures live with the hybrids, cochins, brahmas, etc. quite happily now but there are lots of food and water stations and loads of hidey places and perches for them.

[Lewis]

I'm planning on it

 

We've had them for a few weeks and the bantams are living in an eglu and they won't all be integrated until later on this/next year

[Woodcat]

Mine do as well. They currently sleep with only the dorking who is massive and spend the day with the hybrids as well but eventually they will hopefully move in together full time.

[Janty]

I meant to say that my babies are mixed. They are about 16 weeks at the moment and have been living happily together for about 6 weeks.

 

They are ...

 

an Australorp LF

2 frizzle pekins

a miniature vorwerk

a miniature blue bearded silkie

[Dappy Chick]

I have a mixed bag of all sorts of weird & wonderful chooks and they all run together.

 

I also make sure there are lots of different food and water places - I find the bantams are quite capable of standing their ground - but agree introductions should be slow & careful

[chick wiggle]

I,m hoping my bantams and LFs will eventually freerange together maybe early next year but, im not counting on it just in case

[cluckingmad]

I believe it can be done but gently gently - and not necessasrily from the LF girls attacking the banties In my experience its the little ladies who can be a force to be reckoned with!!

 

I'm hoping to get bantams in an eglu soonish, to join the big girls in the WIR eventually, however am still not totally convinced that I won't need the eglu for hatching/rearing purposes so may just stick with the big ladies for now

[tara]

Also l have been reading on the omlet breed guide and it says about keeping them not on mud.What do you all keep your on and do they kill the grass

[cluckingmad]

Now grass.. that would be the green stuff that once had a place in my garden?!

 

When we had the girls in the eglu run, the grass was reduced to a muddy swamp pretty quickly, however... we now have a WIR built on concrete/paving slabs and covered with a layer of aubiose so the grass has had time to recover and the cochins lovely feathery feet aren't gooped up

 

Which it has done with remarklable speed as it happens - chicken poo is obviosuly good for grass growth too

[tara]

In my WIR l have 8 normal size chooks and 7 ducks 3 of which are calls its on concrete but the ducks poo alot.So im worried the bantams would have poo on there feathers

[Redwing]

You might want to avoid bantams with feathered legs as I cant imagine it would be much fun for them