Silky chick doesn't seem to like going in at night or out in theimorning

[Anime2lover]

I have 5 silkie chicks that are at least two to three months old already. Four of them freely go in and out in the morning and evening hours, but my fluffiest one doesn't seem to have gotten the idea that it can go up the ramp. One of us has to take her in and out. She's not sick or injured in any way because she can runfind, play, eat, drink completely normal. I just can't figure out howeither I can get her to go in and out on her own like the others and it's starting to get cold outside at night again. She needs toto learn to do it becore it really gets cold. Anyone got advice

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

She still pretty young yet. You will need to keep helping her until she gets it herself. Can she see well? Some silkies can be different or off.

 

[Anime2lover]

She still pretty young yet. You will need to keep helping her until she gets it herself. Can she see well? Some silkies can be different or off.

The only problem from what we can tell is the fluff. We have to keep trimming it as it grows (she's fully fluffed out for the most part and the age isn't exact, I was estimating. Her voice has already started changing to the deeper cluck.) The other four silkies have completely mastered going in and out (they mastered going out first) fluffy is the only one we have to bring in and out. I have noticed that she doesn't really jump up much, she preffers to be grounded for some reason. I have only seen her jump and flap like the other chicks once. The door is a elevated by about half a ft from the bottom of the coop, wich may explain why she may not be going out on her own. There have been days where I let them out at like 9 am and I find her still alone in there by 11 am. Then that same day the others are in by the time I check on them and she's alone on the ground nestled undernieth the elevated coop. Like tonight (before it got to dark) I went to make sure they all went in (all but she did). She was nestled in that same spot and immediately came running over when I entered.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sounds like she's may be a bit slow. That can happen with some silkies. Time will tell if she learns or not.

She also is probably on the bottom of the pecking order. Sometimes the bottom bird can end up a loner, who does their own thing.

 

[Anime2lover]

Sounds like she's may be a bit slow. That can happen with some silkies. Time will tell if she learns or not.

She also is probably on the bottom of the pecking order. Sometimes the bottom bird can end up a loner, who does their own thing.

Maybe. Hard to tell the exact pecking order in a flock of 18 chicks (the five silkies are older then the twelve cali whites. Not to sure about our new wyandott chick though.