Hey Everyone!
I just got a two month old Silkie today. I put her in the coop and Prissy, my Barred Rock, immediately started a fight and was locking on to the silkie's neck/head area. This lasted about 5 minutes and then the Silkie turned and started being the aggresive one, even worse than Prissy was being. She was merciless. The other two Orps just stood by and stayed out of the way...kind of hilarious to watch them - they wanted nothing to do with it. LOL.
At any rate, they have settled down now, but I was wondering if they were fighting or just vying for pecking order. I was a bit concerned at first as they both were REALLY aggressive with each other. And then Suzie, my lavender, unexpectedly nailed the Silkie when she got too close to her - that is totally out of her character as she's my sweetest one out of the flock...until now. LOL. But she really surprised me. The Silkie ran from Suzie, so it's been interesting to see the interaction so far. But I did want to make sure that I wasn't going to have a massacre on my hands....
I just got a two month old Silkie today. I put her in the coop and Prissy, my Barred Rock, immediately started a fight and was locking on to the silkie's neck/head area. This lasted about 5 minutes and then the Silkie turned and started being the aggresive one, even worse than Prissy was being. She was merciless. The other two Orps just stood by and stayed out of the way...kind of hilarious to watch them - they wanted nothing to do with it. LOL.
At any rate, they have settled down now, but I was wondering if they were fighting or just vying for pecking order. I was a bit concerned at first as they both were REALLY aggressive with each other. And then Suzie, my lavender, unexpectedly nailed the Silkie when she got too close to her - that is totally out of her character as she's my sweetest one out of the flock...until now. LOL. But she really surprised me. The Silkie ran from Suzie, so it's been interesting to see the interaction so far. But I did want to make sure that I wasn't going to have a massacre on my hands....