4 years ago we picked up 2 DNA-sexed female Silkie chicks from a local Silkie breeder. One chick was so obnoxious and hyperactive she peeped all the way home from the breeder and kept picking at the other calmer chick. She was aggressive all through her juvenile, pullet, and adult growth. The calmer chick figured how to stay out of her way as much as possible. And as an adult when the aggressive hen goes "broody" her behavior is worse and actively chases the calmer Silkie around the yard. Sorry - but nothing in this article helped our situation to calm down an aggressive bird. We have an old Dominique hen integrated with the 2 adult Silkie hens and the Dominique will peck at the aggressive Silkie hen and then the aggressive Silkie hen turns around and pecks at the calmer Silkie hen. It's like watching 3 circus clowns!
Tapping the aggressive chick on the back to stop her obnoxious behaviors never worked, isolating her never worked, trimming her crest feathers to see better to stop her hyper-sensitivity didn't work, isolating the other calmer Silkie to gain confidence to stand up to the agggressive Silkie didn't work, having the older Dominique hen act as a referee didn't work! Ugh!
I'm sure this article helps a lot of owners with chicks but it just never worked for us
Tapping the aggressive chick on the back to stop her obnoxious behaviors never worked, isolating her never worked, trimming her crest feathers to see better to stop her hyper-sensitivity didn't work, isolating the other calmer Silkie to gain confidence to stand up to the agggressive Silkie didn't work, having the older Dominique hen act as a referee didn't work! Ugh!
I'm sure this article helps a lot of owners with chicks but it just never worked for us