okiemommy wrote:
They stand a better chance of getting along if they are in the brooder together as chicks. I agree too many silkie roo's can be a problem(or any silkie roo depending on the temperament of the bird.) We had a silkie roo and had to get rid of him. He almost killed two of our other chickens one night.
that's terrifying!
yeah, it was bad. They recovered though. I though for sure that my cochin roo was going to die. He just hung his head and laid there, but I did what I could for him and put him in a separate pen for a while and he perked right up. I think if I had gotten there any later, he would have died. I went into the coop one morning and two of them were bloodied and hiding in the corner. It was a bummer too b/c he was a pretty cuckoo silkie. Not purebred, I don't think they've achieved perfection on that breed yet(at least here in the states), but I think he was someones breeding program gone wrong, or an oops at the hatchery. He was pretty though. I still haven't changed my sig line yet btw...I guess I will go do that now.
They stand a better chance of getting along if they are in the brooder together as chicks. I agree too many silkie roo's can be a problem(or any silkie roo depending on the temperament of the bird.) We had a silkie roo and had to get rid of him. He almost killed two of our other chickens one night.
that's terrifying!
yeah, it was bad. They recovered though. I though for sure that my cochin roo was going to die. He just hung his head and laid there, but I did what I could for him and put him in a separate pen for a while and he perked right up. I think if I had gotten there any later, he would have died. I went into the coop one morning and two of them were bloodied and hiding in the corner. It was a bummer too b/c he was a pretty cuckoo silkie. Not purebred, I don't think they've achieved perfection on that breed yet(at least here in the states), but I think he was someones breeding program gone wrong, or an oops at the hatchery. He was pretty though. I still haven't changed my sig line yet btw...I guess I will go do that now.