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Abigail is 3 months old and stunningly gorgeous! What is this coloring called?

I am fairly new (a little over a year) to having a Silkie flock and have found raising chickens to be fascinating! I have 2 adult roosters (one the obvious leader who sits in my lap and is magnificent and protects me from the other ones attempts to run at me ) and the other kinda frustrated but...

These Silkie babies just hatched today. I have one buff hen, one black rooster, one white rooster, one white adolescent rooster, 3 babies and 7 adult white hens. I'm guessing the mottled is a combination buff hen and black rooster and the black with white tips is the black rooster and a white...

[/IMG] This little sweetie is perplexing me. Does not act like a rooster at all but infrequently tries to crow. Shouldn't the gender be apparent by now?

This is "Lucy" (wishful thinking). Is this a rooster? I'm hoping not because I already have 2 roosters and 8 hens (working nicely together with one dominant, sweet rooster and one crazy, less dominant rooster). A very sweet chick. If it's a rooster I will have to re-home. Thanks for your...

He just hops up on my leg to visit. My other rooster, Springer, is a turd and Elvis comes running if he comes after me. My hero!

I have a one month old Silkie who has been separated in my coop with her (I hope) momma. I let them mingle a little when I free range (supervised) and they all basically ignored her. I stepped away to fill a feeder and came back to an injury behind her neck that was bleeding. I don't know what...

I just had a baby hatch last night. A few days before a second hen started sitting with the momma hen. I have a 8 X 12 coop and live in Houston. 8 hens and 2 roosters. Will these mommas take care of the baby? I'm going to get chick feed today. Should I separate them from the flock? Thank you...

[/IMG]My flock of Silkies just turned 6 months old. 9 hens and 2 roosters. (I found homes for 2 other roosters). They were in a small coop with an attached run until last weekend. They now have a 10 X 10 run with an 8 X 12 wooden shed with nest boxes and a nifty roost. I put hay down and...

My little Silkie 5-1/2 months old Silkie flock has their first eggs!!!! Egg-citing!!!! Lori

I've always loved chickens and last spring find myself with a full blown case of "chicken fever". I have 2-1/2 acres and horses, so chicken keeping was not a big step. I researched and picked the breed that best fit what I was looking for. I wanted sweet chickens that could be around my...

I have a little flock of 14 Silkie chicks who are 2-1/2 months old. I believe this guy is a rooster, but I have several others who have a purplish nose (not sure of the term) and is getting what I believe are wattles. Are these all roosters with these characteristics? I know this one is...

Hi - I'm new to the forum and new to chickens. My little Silkie flock is 2 months old today. I have 2 black, 2 buff and 10 white chicks. When one of my black chicks was 4 weeks old it got it's head stuck when I was moving the coop. I found it quickly, but it was very lethargic and kept it's...