can hens with chicks share run

[karminski]

i have 2 bantams with 3 eggs under each but in two different houses but all this is within one run will they be ok to share the run or will it be better to spilt the run into 2 ? i have found a length of wire that is the right length but for the top half i will have to use netting as thats the last of the wire i have been told that they will get on fine just sharing .

 

[foxy]

Personally I wouldn't. What can happen is together they will move eggs into one nest then leave the other eggs to go cold, or both sit in one nest, sometimes it can work but not worth the hassle. Can you pop the eggs under one broody or are they different ages?

 

[karminski]

oops i kinda meant when the chicks have hatched and they go outside sorry foxy my fault :lol:

 

[Chuck]

You can never tell. Sometimes the hens can fight sometimes it goes OK.

 

[karminski]

these two bantams have lived with each other for nearly a year but i will spilt them of then just incase .