What other birds can be raised and kept with chickens.

[Dominique King]

I have been wanting to know what other kinds of birds can be share the same coop and run with chickens. I also have two roosters so I am wanting to know what kinds of other birds I can keep like:
Pheasant.
Quail.
Guinea Fowl.
And ect.
If anybody can tell me that would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I have shared with guinea fowl and female ducks. No drakes because they will try to mate the chickens and possibly kill them. Oh I also had a female turkey once. She was the sweetest thing.

 

[FrostRanger]

I would not advise keeping different species of birds in the same setup. Whether they get along is hit or miss and even if they get along, they will still be their own separate groups. Guinea fowl in particular can be outright brutal to chickens. Obviously some people have success keeping them together but I still would not advise it. Not to mention different species have different needs. For example ducks ducks need deeper waterers than chickens (to wash their nares and dunk their food) and they tend to fling that water which can create problems for chickens as they don't like especially wet environments. Again, plenty of people do keep chickens and ducks together successfully (as Granny hatchet said though, don't keep drakes with chickens), depending on your setup it may create extra work and add complexity. It would be best for everyone involved if each species you want has their own space, that way if they don't get along for whatever reason it's no big deal. If knowing the risks you still want to try, I'd get a few duck hens. As long as you have plenty of room plus extra, the ability to keep things fairly dry and you make sure the ducks get adequate niacin they should be OK, individual temperments depending.

 

[Ingrid_Grace]

I used to have a wild rabbit eat chicken feed right next to my flock every morning. Not sure if that counts though.

I know some people who have success keeping turkeys and chickens together

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I would not advise keeping different species of birds in the same setup. Whether they get along is hit or miss and even if they get along, they will still be their own separate groups. Guinea fowl in particular can be outright brutal to chickens. Obviously some people have success keeping them together but I still would not advise it. Not to mention different species have different needs. For example ducks ducks need deeper waterers than chickens (to wash their nares and dunk their food) and they tend to fling that water which can create problems for chickens as they don't like especially wet environments. Again, plenty of people do keep chickens and ducks together successfully (as Granny hatchet said though, don't keep drakes with chickens), depending on your setup it may create extra work and add complexity. It would be best for everyone involved if each species you want has their own space, that way if they don't get along for whatever reason it's no big deal. If knowing the risks you still want to try, I'd get a few duck hens. As long as you have plenty of room plus extra, the ability to keep things fairly dry and you make sure the ducks get adequate niacin they should be OK, individual temperments depending.

My guineas grew up with the grown chickens and they kinda adopted them. I didn't know/see any aggression but I guess that's maybe why.

 

[alwaystj9]

I have had young turkeys get blackhead disease from chickens.
The chickens never looked or acted ill but all the turkeys died.

 

[FrostRanger]

My guineas grew up with the grown chickens and they kinda adopted them. I didn't know/see any aggression but I guess that's maybe why.

Yeah, I think that makes a difference. Doesn't guaranteed anything of course, but it certainly helps

 

[FrostRanger]

I have had young turkeys get blackhead disease from chickens.
The chickens never looked or acted ill but all the turkeys died.

Right, I forgot chickens can be carriers for that hence why it's ill advised to keep them with turkeys depending on if blackhead is a problem in your area

 

[StinkyAcres]

I would not advise keeping different species of birds in the same setup. Whether they get along is hit or miss and even if they get along, they will still be their own separate groups. Guinea fowl in particular can be outright brutal to chickens. Obviously some people have success keeping them together but I still would not advise it. Not to mention different species have different needs. For example ducks ducks need deeper waterers than chickens (to wash their nares and dunk their food) and they tend to fling that water which can create problems for chickens as they don't like especially wet environments. Again, plenty of people do keep chickens and ducks together successfully (as Granny hatchet said though, don't keep drakes with chickens), depending on your setup it may create extra work and add complexity. It would be best for everyone involved if each species you want has their own space, that way if they don't get along for whatever reason it's no big deal. If knowing the risks you still want to try, I'd get a few duck hens. As long as you have plenty of room plus extra, the ability to keep things fairly dry and you make sure the ducks get adequate niacin they should be OK, individual temperments depending.

Yeah, I think that makes a difference. Doesn't guaranteed anything of course, but it certainly helps

My guineas grew up with chickens and they were still aggressive towards the chickens (and each other). Having lots of space is important if you keep guineas and chickens together.

 

[PoppasGrill]

We have turkeys that were raised with a clutch of chicks and haven’t had issues. The turkeys will protect the chickens they were raised with.
Also have Guinea hens, they are a bit aggressive when food is placed but for the most part they hang together.