At this point I'm pretty sure half of my Silkies are cockerels, but there's one chick in particular that I have high hopes for.
I'm usually pretty good with my intuition when it comes to my own chicks, and I feel like it's a pullet, but what's throwing me off is that this one has always been amongst the largest chicks since day one, along with her (sexlinked) brothers. Now I know size isn't really a reliable indicator of gender. If she's from one particular hen, she's a sexlinked female and full siblings with the sexlinked males, so it would make sense they're a similar size. I do have another blue hen that wouldn't produce sexlinked offspring, so although less likely, she could be the mother too.
So now I've come here. Please tell me she looks like a pullet so far, so I calm down for a couple of weeks
I really don't want a blue rooster, and I'm afraid I'm gonna use anything and everything as an excuse to keep this chick if it's a male.
2nd photo is the blue next to her cuckoo brother for comparison.
And while we're here, what do you think of this silked frizzle? She's not a Silkie, but her feather type came as a surprise to me, and I'd love to keep her in my mixed flock, cause she's very cool looking.
I know, I know, the photos aren't too good. I didn't have my camera with me and my phone was not very willing to cooperate with me today.
I'm usually pretty good with my intuition when it comes to my own chicks, and I feel like it's a pullet, but what's throwing me off is that this one has always been amongst the largest chicks since day one, along with her (sexlinked) brothers. Now I know size isn't really a reliable indicator of gender. If she's from one particular hen, she's a sexlinked female and full siblings with the sexlinked males, so it would make sense they're a similar size. I do have another blue hen that wouldn't produce sexlinked offspring, so although less likely, she could be the mother too.
So now I've come here. Please tell me she looks like a pullet so far, so I calm down for a couple of weeks
I really don't want a blue rooster, and I'm afraid I'm gonna use anything and everything as an excuse to keep this chick if it's a male.
2nd photo is the blue next to her cuckoo brother for comparison.
And while we're here, what do you think of this silked frizzle? She's not a Silkie, but her feather type came as a surprise to me, and I'd love to keep her in my mixed flock, cause she's very cool looking.
I know, I know, the photos aren't too good. I didn't have my camera with me and my phone was not very willing to cooperate with me today.
