AbbysSilkies
Chirping
- Jul 31, 2017
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Hello!
I have 8 resident birds and 10 chicks, 5 of whom I’ll keep. I’ve noticed something that troubles me. Of our 8 resident birds, we have one guinea, 4 laying hens and 3 silkies. 7 of them are extremely loyal but the alpha silkie, if let out of the coop, darts into the forest as far as he can go. In the chicks I’ve noticed a similar pattern. 9 of them, as well as the 3 we lost to a snake, were sweethearts! They all will either sit on my shoulder or circle around me. One of them was even attacked by the guinea, and the chick was unfazed and just sat on my feet after I shooed the guinea away. We have one chick, however, who runs away every chance it gets! It takes hours to catch it. I’m not keeping that chick, but it reminded me of the silkie. I’d like to let them free range a bit, how Can I train the silkie not to run away?
Also, the silkie will sit nicely in my lap when out of the coop but if I let them go that’s when the issue occurs
I have 8 resident birds and 10 chicks, 5 of whom I’ll keep. I’ve noticed something that troubles me. Of our 8 resident birds, we have one guinea, 4 laying hens and 3 silkies. 7 of them are extremely loyal but the alpha silkie, if let out of the coop, darts into the forest as far as he can go. In the chicks I’ve noticed a similar pattern. 9 of them, as well as the 3 we lost to a snake, were sweethearts! They all will either sit on my shoulder or circle around me. One of them was even attacked by the guinea, and the chick was unfazed and just sat on my feet after I shooed the guinea away. We have one chick, however, who runs away every chance it gets! It takes hours to catch it. I’m not keeping that chick, but it reminded me of the silkie. I’d like to let them free range a bit, how Can I train the silkie not to run away?
Also, the silkie will sit nicely in my lap when out of the coop but if I let them go that’s when the issue occurs
is there any way to train him to stay closer or should i accept his fate as a “in coop” chicken?
