Your story is very similar to some of the ones related to me from a few Polish owners a few yrs ago. I knew Polish were a bit skittish from vision impairment... Silkies too... however, Silkie owners who also had experience w/ Polish insisted the Silkies would surprise me at their resilience as long as I only integrated them w/ gentle temperament flockmates. I only had two bully standard-size hens in 14+ yrs which we gave them chances to straighten out re: bullying Silkies, but finally had to rehome the 2 bullies. Otherwise Silkies got along well w/independent White Leghorn, gentle Blue Wheaten Ameraucana, independent Blue Breda, & good-natured Dominiques.
A Cuckoo Marans & very large Cuckoo Breda were very mean for no reason & were the two we sadly had to rehome to maintain a safe flock environment. We loved all our birds but sometimes a stinker arises & has to be dealt w/ properly.
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Anyone trained their dog to stay away from chickens like this?
