Silkie thread!

[Suzierd]

The one on the left looks partridge to me. This is one of my partridge babies:

Beautiful peep!

 

[glenney08]

last night a dog ripped into my coop and killed all my beautiful babies ! i'm so heart broken as i finally got a nice line of show quality , located in ontario , if anyone has any for sale or knows of a breeder i would love to regain so beautiful babies

 

[Cerise1924]

last night a dog ripped into my coop and killed all my beautiful babies ! i'm so heart broken as i finally got a nice line of show quality , located in ontario , if anyone has any for sale or knows of a breeder i would love to regain so beautiful babies

 

[Cerise1924]

My blue Silkie cockerel is now 4 months old and very handsome. He has also started to peck at me! I know roos can be aggressive, but I have also heard that Silkies are very gentle. Does anyone have experience with a Silkie roo getting aggressive with humans?

These are just little pecks, they don't hurt. He is attached to a pretty splash pullet, and I was thinking of keeping him long enough for them to have some chicks, if he stays quiet. If I remove the splash, he calls for her and complains loudly. If I take the white pullet, he doesn't care. I had a mallard drake like that, once, who would mate with all the ducks, but cried if separated from a particular duck. I didn't know roos formed those attachments. Any thoughts on this?

 

[FishMtFarm]

My blue Silkie cockerel is now 4 months old and very handsome. He has also started to peck at me! I know roos can be aggressive, but I have also heard that Silkies are very gentle. Does anyone have experience with a Silkie roo getting aggressive with humans?

These are just little pecks, they don't hurt.  He is attached to a pretty splash pullet, and I was thinking of keeping him long enough for them to have some chicks, if he stays quiet. If I remove the splash, he calls for her and complains loudly. If I take the white pullet, he doesn't care.  I had a mallard drake like that, once, who would mate with all the ducks, but cried if separated from a particular duck. I didn't know roos formed those attachments. Any thoughts on this?

I have a white Silkie cockerel whom loves his ladies and is gentle with them but goes out of his way to attack people. My other partridge cockerel is a total love and I can kiss his face and hold him.

 

[snow5164]

I have a 6 month old black cockerel that " chases" me out of his coop!!!

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I picked him up the first few times he did it and had a little talk with him, now he just eyes me from afar

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Poor little guy has small chicken syndrome!!

 

[Hinotori]

When I first got chickens, I had a nasty evil hatchery silkie rooster that would attack. This was before I knew that temperament was inherited. His sons and daughters were all mean even though the mothers were friendly. I get plenty enough friendly roosters now that keeping a mean one instead of one of them would be stupid.


I don't put up with people aggressive roosters anymore. Silkies make good soup.

 

[Cerise1924]

I have a 6 month old black cockerel that " chases" me out of his coop!!!

,

I picked him up the first few times he did it and had a little talk with him, now he just eyes me from afar

,

Poor little guy has small chicken syndrome!!

That is priceless. Yeah, this guy runs screaming from the Red Star hens, so I think he is just trying to find some way to assert himself. I also pick mine up when he is being a jerk.

 

[Cerise1924]

When I first got chickens, I had a nasty evil hatchery silkie rooster that would attack. This was before I knew that temperament was inherited. His sons and daughters were all mean even though the mothers were friendly. I get plenty enough friendly roosters now that keeping a mean one instead of one of them would be stupid.


I don't put up with people aggressive roosters anymore. Silkies make good soup.

Thanks for your input. Wow, even his daughters were mean? That is a really good point about not breeding a bird that does not have a lovely temperament. If this cockerel moves from the sweet side to the evil side, I'll definitely NOT breed him. We'll see how he does in the next couple of months.

 

[Hinotori]

I do have a few birds that will gently peck at me for attention. Usually they want to beg for a treat.

I had an ameraucana rooster that would actually try and groom me. The side of that little beak moving over my skin opening and closing would tickle bad.

This 10 week old silkie cockerel I kept might turn out the same way. He inherited his mother's super friendliness and curiosity. He likes to cuddle with his head under my chin.