Will my other chickens pick on silkies?

[crazygoatlady915]

Hello!
I have fallen prey to chicken math

. What i want to know is, if I bought a few silkies (2 or 3) from a farm store here, will my EE's, RIR's, and BPR's pick on them because they are smaller?

 

[ChickenGirl3]

Yes, they will but not because they are smaller. The pick on them because they need to establish the pecking order... I added a silkie to my flock, she got picked on. It is a natural for chickens to peck each other... at least you have 2 or 3, I only added one so she got picked on and was the only silkie.

 

[CCourson05]

Mine didn't like their fluffy feathers. I had bleeding white silkies, so they are in a seperate enclosure now.