Thank you - I've been through the whole rooster battle thing. I thought everything had been worked out. No problems. Peaceful coexistence and cooperation for a year, and then BAM! The silkie rooster did NOT win.
Thank you - he is indeed a roo. It's amazing how much you experience "chicken people" know! I will see if father (a terrific rooster) and son can get along. Such a great little chicken; I'd hate to cull him.
Thank you - he definitely looks like a roo, now. And he's even more beautiful! His father, the salmon favorelle, just killed our silkie rooster a few months ago, but silkies aren't the smartest birds. I will see if father and son can work it out - maybe I'll put a tv in the coop so they can...
I know, isn't he great? I really don't want to cull him. He's so, so sweet and has a great personality like his father. And his two silkie "moms" and his only sibling were all killed by hawks. He's the only survivor. It's so hard to find someone that needs a nice rooster, poor guy.
My heart goes out to you❤️ I’m very sorry for your traumatic losses. It is so painful to lose our little loves, especially when their ends are so tragic. I’ve almost given up several times, but the ones that survive keep me at it. Know that you’re not alone.
Are you sure?? Salmon favorelle hens have big combs! Would he get along with his father or would they fight to the death like he did with my silkie roo?
Thank you so much for reaching out, but I don’t want to separate the three of them. They grew up together as chicks and they are a very intimate little flock. (Silkie roosters are very gentle. I have one other very large rooster and they are fine together.)