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I’m trying to decide what this girl is...I bought her from the local feed store and she was labeled as a black sex link. She’s almost 8 weeks old and has none of the gold I expect in a black sex link. However, the patterning is what I would expect, is it possible for them to have white...

Thanks everyone, I thought that might be the case but since I've never raised them myself I wasn't sure...is it common for silkie crosses to be sold like this? They came from an assorted bantam mix at the feed store. Anyone guess what the cross might be? Whatever they are, they're pretty...

These are my moms 4 week old silkies. I've never raised silkies before… But I was expecting them to be fluffier. Is this normal feathering for a silkie? [/IMG][/IMG]

Thank you everyone for the advise. It sounds like for now, my best bet is to seperate both boys to give the girls a break and that buys me some time to decide what to do with the extra rooster without leaving him alone. I didn't necessarily "want" a rooster but I seem to have a knack for...

Thanks Frankie! If I seperate the rooster, do I reintroduce him when I bring the young ones to the coop or closer to when they start laying and are more mature? I'll look into the chicken blinders too, those sound interesting and I've never heard of them before. Thanks!

I currently have 2 rooster and 6 hens in the coop. I was hoping to keep both rooster as they are nice, calm birds that were raised together and get along( they are just about 7 month now). So to help even things out I now have 9 babies in the brooder that are under a week old. My question is...

Thanks! We'll keep him/her either way(she's my favorite!! And luckily we are in the country) I just wanted to do some reading about what it means to have a rooster in the flock :)

Closer pictures :)

Looked like a couple of my pictures didn't come through so adding them again.

[/IMG][/IMG] Starting to wonder if one of my girls is a rooster and wanted some professional opinions :). She is 2 weeks shy of 3 months. Thanks!!!