Pullet or Roo?? She is now 6 months old today.

[Relynn]

I agree no matter her sex she is not appropriate to be in with silkies. One of the biggest reason they don’t do well with other breeds is they don’t see well so they don’t have a chance to ward off an attack. they also don’t fly well so it’s hard for them to get away to a safe spot. I have also noticed my Silkies have never pecked each other on head only back pecking and tail pulling. Maybe in with your LF flock she will not be the biggest and that may move her down in the pecking order, in with silkies she is at the top because she has all the advantages over them which she has learned to bully. I’m not totally convinced she killed the cockerel, usually a peck on the head causes neurological symptoms first from what I’ve seen. It is possible though that she is going to lay soon and the cockerel tried mounting and she wasn’t interested in his advances and pecked him on the head.

Well, my little cockerel was walking around in the morning, and then he was just sitting there... and when my kids brought him in he looked dazed... and a few hours later he was no longer alive... it was very sad.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Sorry for your loss