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Need advice about silkie chickens?
I live right outside the city and am going to start a chicken coop. Firstly I just wanted to make sure it's okay to mix chicken breeds in a coop? Will this cause problems if they are of different sizes? The chickens I think I want are said to have very good temperaments and be friendly.
Anyway about the Silkies, I am going to buy from Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms inc. and because Silkies are hard to sex the chicks are not guaranteed a certain sex. The problem I am facing is that I do not want any fertilized eggs but because of the smaller size of this chicken and the possibility of coyotes (coyotes aren't as likely because there are dogs, including mine, on our street) or raccoons attacking the could be rooster I would be afraid of letting it roam around outside of the coop.
Is there something I can build it where I can just put him in there at night?
I mean this is all hypothetical but still I just want to know if I should get the Silkies or just give up on that.
Part 1: It is okay to mix breeds. There will be some bullying at first, but this is to establish a pecking order. Make sure they have plenty of room though.
Part 2: You need a fencing around your coop so that your rooster can easily roam about without the danger of being killed. At night you could place them all in the same coop, I don't see a problem. Why are you separating him?
You need to remember, chickens are flocking birds. They like company. Even if you let your rooster out, the chickens that are non broody will probably join him, and chickens feel much more safe knowing a rooster is around to check for danger and to find food for them. So it's actually good to have 1 rooster with your chickens.
I think your issue is the fertilized eggs. You don't want chicks? Well just collect the eggs. If you don't want fertilized eggs because you don't want your chickens to go broody, not having a rooster won't do any good. Chickens will still go broody on non-fertile eggs. Your only solution is to pick them up.
If I were in your place I would take 1 rooster + rest of them hens and keep them in 1 coop with some fencing to let them roam outside during the day. Just collect eggs to prevent them from hatching. Chickens will still go broody, even on dummy eggs like a golf ball.
Edit: I might reconsider your source. I don't recall it being hard to sex silkies. Comb + spurs with almost every single chicken species can be used for sexing.
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