Hello,
I have had chickens in the past but I’ve never been good at sexing them, I have wanted silkies forever and I decided to get some. I realized afterwards that they weren’t pullets, the issues is that my town doesn’t allow more than a single rooster. And I’m afraid I’ll have to get rid of all or most of my silkies. Behavior wise they have always been very spastic and sweet to the other chickens, but they’ve always picked on each other, recently they’ve been picking on my pullets and made them a bit more aggressive towards the silkies and a little bit to each other. I thought my hens didn’t really care about a pecking order because they were so kind and sweet, not to mention Creampie and Ghirardelli (my two largest hens) usually put an end to any fighting. I will attach photos of the silkies. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I have had chickens in the past but I’ve never been good at sexing them, I have wanted silkies forever and I decided to get some. I realized afterwards that they weren’t pullets, the issues is that my town doesn’t allow more than a single rooster. And I’m afraid I’ll have to get rid of all or most of my silkies. Behavior wise they have always been very spastic and sweet to the other chickens, but they’ve always picked on each other, recently they’ve been picking on my pullets and made them a bit more aggressive towards the silkies and a little bit to each other. I thought my hens didn’t really care about a pecking order because they were so kind and sweet, not to mention Creampie and Ghirardelli (my two largest hens) usually put an end to any fighting. I will attach photos of the silkies. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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