Rural Gardening: White Crested, Black Polish chicks......... more fragile ?, 1 by Eufaula

Eufaula wrote:
I have a question too, about the Top Knots! I have one Sultan Roo, A White Splash Polish Hen , and a little White Silkie Hen. I have no experience with these breeds at all. I just aquired my little group, by happenstance! My silkie bantam ,came in an assortment last year( her Roo died suddenly when the temperatures got cold), the Sultan and Polish were together in Shameful condition,at an auction, so I brought them home!
Now to my Q. To you all that raise them or have had experience with them! I have already found out they are quite timid yet friendly. They are quiet and seem to be more at ease with like kind! But have you all found ,like myself, that they donot seem to be very bright???? They are the only ones I have that just do not under stand that being inside at night would be for their benefit! That roosting inside the coop would be warmer! I even built them a little house and put it on the ground just for them! Well .. thats when they decided to Roost up high, still with no cover! What do yours do?