After a bullying issue with my past silkie rooster Steve and our BR rooster Jagger, we had to put Steve in with the babies in the grow out pen for his own protection.. little did we know, he was in his element. He loved being with chicks.
Worth a try.I see a LOT of that daily. A LOT.
Your roo needs to be put in confinement for a month before the chicks are put with him. I would take him over as soon as the coop is done. If you are worried, bring another bird with him to keep him company for 30 days. Silkies males are known for being nurturing to young chicks. Males seem to be better for some reason. When his quarantine time is over the chicks should be ready for him. Go pick up your other bird before they go out with your silkie.Quote:
I took my silkie over to his new home yesterday and they hadn't finished the coop. There was no roof and they actually thought he would stay in there - I told them I would bring him back home and they could call me when it was finished. These people know absolutely nothing about chickens. They had a bowl full of scratch instead of feed, no roosts, no nesting boxes. I wouldn't even let them have him except they are actually really nice people and want to learn. They are however, very experienced with other farm animals - they raise horses and goats and litters of puppies. They love animals and thought "Snuffy" was absolutely adorable. They were so appreciative of all I showed them and I'm even leaving them some paperwork when I go back to help them remember all the info. They have 6 chicks that they will be putting with the silkie roo when they are a little bigger. I am going to keep him here until their chicks are ready to be with him because I don't want him to be in that silly pen all by himself. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to let this little stinker go, especially to people who don't really know what they're doing. It's hard... but if I can help them get things together, he will be so happy with 6 girls to himself. At my house, he is low man on the totem pole.
The other call for my big EE is somebody who has raised chickens in Nebraska their whole life and are starting their fairly new flock in Arizona now. I will go over to check that out today. I love my EE very much (Chubby Cheeks a.k.a. Fabio) to let him go to a less than ideal home. This guy has 9 girls and is looking for a rooster for protection. We'll see... if I don't like it, he's not going.
I wish I had a bunch of land because it is breaking my heart to get rid of either of them...
Anyone else have this hard of a time re-homing and did you eventually not be so sad?
I have no advise to give and add to medicated feed. I do not believe in it and think it is bad to feed. I do not use DE I have read about it, and do not find anything useful enough to spend money on something that may or may not be benefitial. Even the scientist can't make up there minds about it. I think it might have benefits for keeping bugs out of feed storage containers, but most bugs are good for birds.
He may hurt them..but I doubt it...they will be 6 weeks old at introduction.
Scandalous!
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