hello I am new to this site and a fairly new chicken owner. I have a few RIR chickens but recently was introduced/addicted to silkies. I live in the city and cannot have roosters, plus I have a neighbor who hates all noise. apparently my chickens singing the "I laid an egg come look mom" song for 10 minutes a day outweighs the kids yelling all afternoon around the neighborhood.anyways, I have a shy lone silkie hen named Faye who is about 10 months now that I purchased from a local breeder the same day I got my other RIR hens.I keep her in her own coop by herself so she won't get beat up. She usually follows me or the dogs around the yard clucking but over the past few months has looked a little sad and I thought it would be a good idea to get her a chicken buddy vs. German shepherd or human buddy. So I found a college kid who loves the breed and breeds them as a hobby. I went and picked one out that we thought was female but now I question it. He/She clucks just like Faye, but has both male/female characteristics. please help! The new ones name is Savannah and is 5
months now.
and Welcome To BYC! TwoCrows gave you some great links to post on for help. Silkies are so darn hard to tell, if you really get impatient or need to know, you can always have Savannah feather DNA sexed, this company will do a single bird for around $22 
