Chicken Question

MOOSE1 · 10-17-2009, 02:55 PM

We just got two Golden Seabright Chickens(Bantams) two weeks ago. They have a nice pen and I am wanting to put in with them my standard hen chicken. The seabrights are a rooster and a hen. I would like to have all the chickens together but do you all think my large standard Hen would pick on my small Bantam chickens? I am pretty new to chickens so don't know how all this works

Thanks!

jjsimsez · 10-17-2009, 09:19 PM

im not a chicken expert, but i do know those bantys are mean as heck. for as small as they are. id prob be worried about them picking on your big hens.

greygirls · 10-17-2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jjsimsez

im not a chicken expert, but i do know those bantys are mean as heck. for as small as they are. id prob be worried about them picking on your big hens.

Yeah, I'll look out the window here & see my 150lb Great Dane pup running to the house with his tail between his legs, looking frantically over his shoulder only to see this little bitty bantam on his butt

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We kept our chickens & ducks together & they got along just fine. The adults anyway...the ducks would kill the chicks for some reason. I think your guys should be okay together. Do it at a time when you can watch them so you'll know for sure though

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farmergal · 10-18-2009, 08:46 AM

I'm worried for your rooster. Seabrights are a very small bantam weighing a pound or less and a standard hen can weigh 5 pounds or more.

He could wear himself out trying to woo the larger hen.

All depends on the size of the pen and temperament of the birds. Some large breed chickens have reputations like the rhode island red and rock breeds.

MOOSE1 · 10-18-2009, 02:52 PM

Well here are a couple pics of the Seabrights we have. For now I am keeping my other hen separate. I may just "find her a new home" like I did the roosters before winter anyway. We will see. Oh and one picture of the ducks we got yesterday for good measure. Now with the chicken pictures what do you all think. Is the one a rooster and the other a hen or is one a younger rooster than the other? The one is obviously a rooster but I can't decide on the other. They were caged together at the auction so I would think a hen but I don't know!

farmergal · 10-18-2009, 10:11 PM

They are a pretty pair.

One rooster and one hen. If she were a he she'd have bigger wattles under her beak. Just one of the cues I use to tell them apart.

Her eggs are edible but oh so tiny.

I call them the dieters special.

Love the ducks.

Island Mist · 10-18-2009, 10:19 PM

We have 50 birds, a mix of bantams, full size, and a pair of Pekin ducks thrown intp the mix, and they all get along just groovy. As long as they have room to move and get away from each other, they're fine in our experience.

But yes, as someone else alluded to, our hens don't give the bantam roos any respect

MOOSE1 · 10-19-2009, 08:19 AM

I thought she was a hen but I really wasn't sure! Not too shabby for $1 a piece at the auction.

And only $1.75 each on my ducks. I won't be hitting any chick days any time soon for those kind of prices at the auction.

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10-17-2009, 02:55 PM
MOOSE1 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 668	Chicken Question We just got two Golden Seabright Chickens(Bantams) two weeks ago. They have a nice pen and I am wanting to put in with them my standard hen chicken. The seabrights are a rooster and a hen. I would like to have all the chickens together but do you all think my large standard Hen would pick on my small Bantam chickens? I am pretty new to chickens so don't know how all this works Thanks! __________________ Beth, www.bnjappaloosas.com GiGi-Palamino Appaloosa Mare

10-17-2009, 09:19 PM
jjsimsez Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: indiana Posts: 815	im not a chicken expert, but i do know those bantys are mean as heck. for as small as they are. id prob be worried about them picking on your big hens.

10-18-2009, 08:46 AM
farmergal Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 6,063	I'm worried for your rooster. Seabrights are a very small bantam weighing a pound or less and a standard hen can weigh 5 pounds or more. He could wear himself out trying to woo the larger hen. All depends on the size of the pen and temperament of the birds. Some large breed chickens have reputations like the rhode island red and rock breeds. __________________ Knowlege is out there, you just need to know where to look.

10-18-2009, 02:52 PM
MOOSE1 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 668	Well here are a couple pics of the Seabrights we have. For now I am keeping my other hen separate. I may just "find her a new home" like I did the roosters before winter anyway. We will see. Oh and one picture of the ducks we got yesterday for good measure. Now with the chicken pictures what do you all think. Is the one a rooster and the other a hen or is one a younger rooster than the other? The one is obviously a rooster but I can't decide on the other. They were caged together at the auction so I would think a hen but I don't know! __________________ Beth, www.bnjappaloosas.com GiGi-Palamino Appaloosa Mare

10-18-2009, 10:11 PM
farmergal Kid Safe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Posts: 6,063	They are a pretty pair. One rooster and one hen. If she were a he she'd have bigger wattles under her beak. Just one of the cues I use to tell them apart. Her eggs are edible but oh so tiny. I call them the dieters special. Love the ducks. __________________ Knowlege is out there, you just need to know where to look.

10-18-2009, 10:19 PM
Island Mist Halter broke Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 175	We have 50 birds, a mix of bantams, full size, and a pair of Pekin ducks thrown intp the mix, and they all get along just groovy. As long as they have room to move and get away from each other, they're fine in our experience. But yes, as someone else alluded to, our hens don't give the bantam roos any respect

10-19-2009, 08:19 AM
MOOSE1 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 668	I thought she was a hen but I really wasn't sure! Not too shabby for $1 a piece at the auction. And only $1.75 each on my ducks. I won't be hitting any chick days any time soon for those kind of prices at the auction. __________________ Beth, www.bnjappaloosas.com GiGi-Palamino Appaloosa Mare