Guys, I've successfully integrated 2 Silkies into my mini flock! It took a while but they're now all happily foraging and sunbathing together in their backyard digs. (Yay!)
I've been holding out hope that both of my Silkies are hens - but alas, at 5-months old I'm now fairly very certain, that short of crowing, one of them is in fact a rooster. He's also a very wimpy rooster. The other 2 chickens in my mini flock are OEGBs (Old-English Game Bantams) hens. They are about half the size of the Silkies and they think they rule everything the sun touches. Am I fooling myself to think that my wimpy rooster will never assume his role and will be a seldom-to-never crower?
I know that Silkies are known to be a quieter breed and have read about some who say their roos on the low-end of the pecking order barely crow. Give me your wimpy rooster stories!
I've been holding out hope that both of my Silkies are hens - but alas, at 5-months old I'm now fairly very certain, that short of crowing, one of them is in fact a rooster. He's also a very wimpy rooster. The other 2 chickens in my mini flock are OEGBs (Old-English Game Bantams) hens. They are about half the size of the Silkies and they think they rule everything the sun touches. Am I fooling myself to think that my wimpy rooster will never assume his role and will be a seldom-to-never crower?
I know that Silkies are known to be a quieter breed and have read about some who say their roos on the low-end of the pecking order barely crow. Give me your wimpy rooster stories!
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