Below I have attached my silkie chicks I hatched this year and their parents. The 2 red chicks are 3 1/2 months old (July 21). The non bearded just now showing comb and wattles. The black topped one is 3 months old (August 2). I’ve noticed they aren’t vocal like a rooster, don’t strut or try to...
No waddles visible. The “mullet-ness” of the crest has been playing tricks on me because he/she had a lot of picked feathers from other birds in the open run at the breeder that I purchased this baby from. I’ve had him/her on Nutrena NatureWise Feather Fixer feed and the crest, hackles, and...
I know silkies are hard…however, the breeder is helping us out next week with rehoming some of our cockerels as we are unfortunately looking at 4 of our 7 chickens being male so far.
So, I’m hoping to get opinions on the remaining 3 (all silkies) we haven’t been able to nail down. They are...
This bantam Silkie behaviorally I think is a hen. They are the lowest in the pecking order of a four chicken mixed flock (two Easter eggers, two Silkies) they are skittish, and don’t try to get to higher places like the other Silkie.
Usually they walk more squat than the other Silkie (like...
Updated pics of my silkie chicken. 11 weeks old now. I don’t see any sign of streamer feathers yet. Any guess of what he or she could be based on crown? Or any other indication I might be missing? Thank you!
Can anyone Identify what gender white silkies I have here. I feel like the back one is a rooster and front one is a hen. Not crowing or laying eggs yet.
Hi y’all! Any guesses on what he/she might be? It will be 10 weeks old in 2 days and just trying to see what the guesses are. I’ve attached a side picture of it from now, a front picture from last week (9weeks) and a front picture from 4 weeks old.
Pretty positive this white one is a cockerel, based on a bit of research here and elsewhere.
The two black ones, one has a significant comb but they are the same age as the white one....so no idea.
The buff(is that buff?, never sure) I think may be pullet? I hope so, as she is the sweetest. Same...
Hello, Chicken Friends!
We have two silkies in our flock and think the white one is male, but would love your opinion. Cupid is just over 12 weeks old. Stature is more upright and puffier in the head fluff and tail than Blue (our grey silkie), and behavior is usually more daring, but not as...
My silkie will be 9 weeks on Sept 3rd. I’m concerned about the size of “her” wattles and how her head fluff doesn’t look super round. Is she actually a cockerel or is it too early to tell?
hello all (again!)
after discovering one of my shes is really a he, I've decided to ask my sister if she'd be willing to take him in the future to keep him in the family. She's unsure of the sex of one of her silkies and obviously won't be able to take him if her she is also a he. Not sure if...
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a few weeks ago my family bought 2 showgirls from someone in town, at this point i believe they’re about 15/16 weeks old. One of them (the one with the naked neck) acts very aggressively (shuffles sideways when they get close, bites their tail feathers and will not let go) towards...
i have 6 silkie 3 of which i suspect are males and one i know is a male cause it just crowed the other day. Can somone help me in figuring it out here are the photos of the ones im unsure of.
Okay I’ve caved and have decided to make a post here due to my growing paranoia and obsessive reading these past few weeks. I have 3 silkies all about the same age according to the breeder I got them from born about the first of the year. One of them has already made themselves known as a...
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My names is Bashir Ahmad, I’m not new to chickens, I got my first chicken at my peer age, a white bantam hen. I have 6 chickens, 2 female silkies that are 3 months old and 4 adult Cochins, 2 males and 2 females. They are all so lovely especially the Silkies, they are cool tempered. My...
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This is the baby silkie hand raised after my sister mistakenly incubated a silkie egg while trying to incubate guinea fowl.
It’s about 6-8weeks old. I’m thinking it’s a male as the hair on the top of its head is more combed back.
but if possible I’d like more of an opinion from...
Hi! We were really hoping for a hen when we got our Silkie, but as Dolly is getting older, it is seeming she may actually be a rooster. Is about 12 weeks in age. Any thoughts??