Re: [CHICKENS-101] Newbie with Silkie Question

 

How large will this be?  How many of each breed of fowl?  Do you now have the ducks in a tractor?  Each chicken needs a minimum of 4 square feet of space.  Silkies are ground sleeping chickens.  Australorps will want to roost.  Housed together you need to make sure the roosters are not OVER the sitters.  Personally, I would not combine the larger chickens with vision impaired Silkies, nor put any of the chickens with ducks.  I do have Silkies with Bantam Polish together and it works out ok.  And I have 1 large Dorking hen with a pen of Silkies, so it's really all in the personality of the various individual chickens.  What brought you to the conclusion of using a tractor system of housing?  Georgia in Lower Alabama For all your chicken's clothing needs, go to www.chickensaddlesanddiapers.webs.com --- On Wed, 2/23/11, Ronna Smalley <rjsmalley@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Ronna Smalley <rjsmalley@bellsouth.net> Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Newbie with Silkie Question To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 11:03 PM Hi.  We are just about to start a small of Australorps as duel purpose chickens.  We are going to build a chicken tractor so we can keep them safe from predators.  I would like to keep a few Silkies for their parenting skills, friendliness, and entertainment.  I would like to keep the two breeds together in the same tractor.  If that is not feasible, could I keep the Silkies in a tractor with Peking Ducks? Blessings, Ronna in Central Texas ------------------------------------ To post a message to the list go to CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHICKENS-101/ <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CHICKENS-101/join     (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email:     CHICKENS-101-digest@yahoogroups.com     CHICKENS-101-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     CHICKENS-101-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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