I don’t have remorse, but my silkies can get on my nerves. They are SO broody and don’t break. Their crest and foot feathers are a pain in the winter. And predator bait, I can’t leave them out with out watchful eye because even if the rooster sounds the alarm they just stand there they do everything at their pace. They do come to you if you have treats but really don’t particularly like attention, they are easy to catch and sit with you when you hold them but don’t seek it out. Impossible to sex till maturity.
I wanted to try a different breed I wanted 1) friendly, 2) easy to sex young 3) small comb and clean legged 4 ) bantam. So last spring I hatched bantam wheaten Ameraucana from a breeder. I’m surprised so many say they are flighty in this post. Mine have been just the opposite maybe different lines. But mine seek us out when I come home from work they come to the back garage door, if we walk in the back yard they come running from the bushes to see and hang out with us. Wheaten / Wheaten I could sex at about 6 weeks. They are young but my pullets are giving me an egg a day. They hang out in the brush and tree line I’ve seen them fly about 50 feet so pretty sure they could get up in the trees away from predator if they had too. I was worried they had so much free range time that they wouldn’t handle winter confinement well but they took it in stride, no bullying or feather picking-But they do have 40FT x 8FT covered space between coop and run. So far they have checked all the boxes I wanted in a breed.