I have one silkie girl and one silkie roo right now and they have always been in with my big girls and boys. My little white silkie girl Cloud bosses the big girls around - LOL.
Great story!! My silkie roo prefers redheads as well - LOL
That's crazy! Definitely time to get rid of the raccoon!!! So sorry for your losses...Update on my neighbor's raccoon...
So, yesterday I didn't let the my remaining 3 5-6 month olds out until mid-morning with the plans of putting them back in the coop mid-afternoon. Should be way outside hunting times for coons. WRONG!!At 1:00 straight up, I hear a ruckus, look out the window to see the rotten little varmint running off with my white cockerel. R U KIDDING ME?!?
I race out the front door to chase him but wasn't fast enough. By the time I got outside I was only able to see him going over the fence into "his" backyard with my baby. Now Alice is gone too.
I was sooooo upset!! My girlfriend and DH did their best to console me.
Last evening we decided to live trap the coon on our own and take him out into the country and release him on the QT. I planned to lok today for a trap I can barrow. Low and behold, 12:15 this afternoon and I hear the chicken alarms go off. (The 2 remaining birds are on lockdown with the 6-week olds now.) I run out back and there he is...back for thirds. REALLY!?! It's broad daylight for Pete's sake.I chased him off and went straight to my feed store to get a trap.
Now I'm ready for the little so and so.
On another note... my one and only silkie girl is the most skittish of my entire flock - was ever since she was a baby, no matter how hard I tried. My other girls of various breeds will come to me, hop on me, etc. My silkie does her best to avoid me at all costs. The only time I could touch her or pick her up was when she was broody since she refused to move off her eggs. My silkie roos were/are friendly but not her... If I try to catch her, she acts like I'm going to kill her - what is up?????? Now, if I sit on the floor of the coop, she WILL jump onto my leg on her own but if I move my hand to pet her, off she goes.
