Silkie?

[ilovemydog]

My silkie is mean to me does that meen it could be a roo?

 

[MommaOrp]

How old is it?

 

[ilovemydog]

10 weeks! i havn't played with it like i have the others could that be why?

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

I've always had hens who were 'stand-offish' but not mean...

Edited to add: What kind of 'mean' are we talking about? Pecking or full on attacks, etc?

 

[Nicole01]

My RIR has pecked me in the back and pushed me with her two legs when she was about 10
weeks old. I think she was trying to be above me in the pecking order. It didn't work. I put her on her back and carried her around for a few days. She's been really sweet since then. My RIR is the dominant hen.

Silkies are hard to sex. It could go either way. So much for being docile eh?

 

[MommaOrp]

breed typicals are just that - TYPICALS. Ive found a lot of my guys have very different personalitys and not neccessarily breed typical. As for being mean, i aquired an 8 week old welsummer roo, he was so sweet, he always jumped on my knee for some attention, he got to 5 months and turned into the devil incarnate. He's now left the building

I couldn't keep a human aggressive bird around my kids, we couldn't control him. I'm sure you'll find he/she calms down, i think the little ones are quite jumpy and skittish and can sometimes appear to be attacking you when they're really just playing