Silkie question ???????

[NYRIR]

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So far my second in command ( a very stately RIR roo named Bentley)is very good with young 'uns. Whenever a chick picks on another chick...he intervenes

he's kind of like a peace keeper but I'm thinking for my piece of mind, making a small run for my 12 banties I'm keeping

I can always let 'em out when I'm chicken watchin'

 

[NYRIR]

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Just goes to show that chickens are individuals.

My roo that is in that flock, Impy, apparently doesn't like silkie ladies. I've yet to get a fertile egg from either of them.

Jethro is lower on the pecking order, but having no problems protecting her chicks from the other chickens. Ellie Mae is more towards the top of the pecking order. Her latest favorite game is kickin' butt on my young cockerels. They aren't bothering her, she just doesn't like them. Also, Ellie Mae will be a year old in a few days and shows no signs of wanting to go broody. Jethro is on her second round of broodiness.

Gritsar....sounds like your chickens are human!

I probably would be ok mixing because I have a bantie coop in the works....so cute and so small!

 

[Breshcandra]

I have 4 LF and 4 silkies. I have a barred rock that will sleep on the ground with the silkies at night. So far the silkies have not been picked on. But they also grew up together.

 

[gritsar]

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If you want to see something funny.... my silkie Ellie has it in for my young roo Rowdy. He's at least four times her size, but she doesn't care. She hates him, though she doesn't chase the other two cockerels much. It's funny to watch a nearly full grown roo pacing back and forth in front of the coop door in the evenings, with a tiny little silkie standing there just daring him to try and get in.