Feathered feet!Yep, Doms are usually not shy about anything. The chicks were about 3 or 4 days old when we brought them home and as teenagers were respectful to our 9-yr-old alpha Silkie. We were afraid of putting bigger Doms w/ the old Silkie but they turned out to be her protectors till she passed at 11 yrs.
OLD SILKIE W/ TEENAGE DOMS
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The Doms would let the Silkie eat food first, staunchly defended her from an obnoxious Breda hen which we sadly had to re-home, and the Doms always screamed at and chased off the feral cats that dared to enter their yard! I miss those Dom girls!
This is the obnoxious Cuckoo Breda we gave to our friend & she seems content snoozing w/a new pal & we get pics from her new owner.
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We have only one Dom left almost 7 yrs old now.
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As for Leghorns -- we've only had White Leghorn and Buff Leghorn. Both were handled as chicks but were not as friendly as our Doms. I coveted a Brown or Exchequer Leghorn but after having a White & a Buff didn't try any more Legs
Our Marans was mean to the Silkie and was fighting w/ the White Leghorn so the Marans was sent to a neighbor who wanted dark brown eggs. It was at that point we decided to cease adding prolific egg-layers to our flock & settled for gentler known breeds like smaller Blue Bredas, Silkies, Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, and Dominiques.
