Hi, I'm from Wiltshire, England. Recently got a silkie, a barnevelder, a silver fayoumi and a cream legbar. All great birds, fascinating to watch - can't wait till they start laying!
This is good so far! But what do you make of its behaviour? Everything I have read on silkies talks about their lovely friendly nature, but this one is not lovely or friendly! The opposite in fact - the other hens don't like it and it doesn't seem to like them. I started to wonder if this meant...
Has anyone got any ideas about this bird. The breeder thought it was probably a girl (we got it 3 weeks ago) and told me to look out for changes in the wattles - but it is hard to know when I haven't got another silkie to compare it with! I think it is about 4 months old now. The thing that is...