Thank you for the thoughtful response! I have recently noticed a pattern of negative behavior that seems to be triggered by times when I'm walking in there yard. Perhaps they think im bringing food. The bigger girls seem to seek out the silkies when I'm in sight. I have observed from a window...
I have 6, 12 week old, girls who are all a standard breed size (wyandotte, orpington, naked neck, austrolop...sp?). They have been ruling my small backyard in SE Florida for the past 6 weeks. I also have 4, 8 week old, silkie bantams (1 is a Roo). These 4 are kept in a separate make shift coop...