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chameleon, let's see some full body pictures. There are a few pure breed non-puffballs that also have the fifth toe, although based on those leg colors,your's is still a cross with one of them.

I adopted a couple of 1 year old silkies a few weeks ago from someone who had to give her babies away, and it just dawned on me the other day... silkies are supposed to have walnut combs, aren't they? These two have smallish but clearly serrated combs, so I'm assuming they're some sort of...

I have a mystery mixed breed rooster that I've had for at least 4 months now, and I'd say that chicken was about 3 months old when I got him. There's no doubt it's a boy at this point, but not a peep out of him. He's not aggressive at all by any standard of a rooster I've heard, and a maybe...

This one came from Amber Waves in Norco, California. They run a small batch of their chicks through DNA testing for sexing confirmation. The DNA verified pullets may seem expensive, but if we buy another silkie, I won't even have to think twice about it. I can't think of how devastated my...

My little silkie just start laying last week Monday... then again Wednesday... then again Thursday... then again Friday... and again and again... She's put out 6 eggs since last week Monday... 6 in 7 days! I thought they only laid about once every 3 days! I don't want to jinx it, but this...

Too bad murph2sk! All things considered, he's a pretty interesting looking bird. I feel your pain... I've got a beast of a chicken that's gone "boy" on me (no crowing), sweetest bird of my flock, but the crowing will be the end of him in my neighborhood when that starts, and it's like feeding...

Thank you junebuggena! You sure are a respected wealth of help on this forum :)

Thank you all! I'll just play the waiting game longer!

I'm going on about 7 1/2 months with no eggs with my EE and Delaware. I know the Delaware is female, but looking for a little more reassurance on my "little eagle". Love those fluffy cheeks and muff!

Look what just dropped this morning! It's practically a quail egg! The other's should be embarrassed that the silkie's officially outlaying them!

The comb has been fairly pink and subdued for as long as I've had this chicken, and only recently darkened up, but doesn't appear to be flaring into any type of rooster pea comb that I've been seeing. I looked up the Isabel Cuckoo, and the skin tone and some of the body coloration is similar...

I've noticed my Delaware hen getting testy with everyone lately. Same type of behavior... flared hackles and a little bit of popping and pouncing, but these bouts last just long enough for someone to run off. My four birds are all about 6-7 months old now, and I think it's the Delaware...

Hi All, I "adopted" what was believed to be a light brahma x buff orpington mixed pullet about three months ago. I believe this bird is about 6-7 months old now, and I started to notice some pluming of the tail feathers and some rather sharp saddle feathers recently. If the cross is...

My flock was born in/around April 18th, and I'm still waiting too. Definitely all gals, and I've got a Delaware, Brahma/Orpington X, EE, Silkie. The Silkie may be about a month younger than the others, but hard to gauge based on size. The B/O is still growing, as I've noticed her tail...

Everyone's going on 16 weeks (+/-) come Wednesday! EE (Sprinkles), BR (Cherry) and Delaware (Snowcone) are all the same age for sure, from the same breeder, but the Silkie (Dim Sum) and the BO/Light Brahma X (Macaron) came from separate places. Dim Sum is the spunkiest of them all and doesn't...

We just got through some horrible 110 degree temps here in So Cal, and my little 4 week olds were champs! I'd bet shade temperatures were still close to 100, and there was panting, but they stayed active and never seemed too stressed. I put out a frozen water bottle for them to lay next to and...

I watched her a little today... she's doing this thing where she crouches her upper body and her butt sticks up more. Her vent is kind of pulsing and lightly seeping, and she's cheeping a lot at times. When I gave her a little bath, she had a little poop afterword that didn't seem irregular...

I've got a little 4 week old silkie who's been having a similar problem for a few days now, and I've been watching in hopes of it improving . It seems more internal than external, since I see no "pasty butt" to speak of. I caught her eating shavings a few times, so my concern is that it may be...

I hear that! My older chickens were a heck of a lot smarter about figuring out how to get out of the rain than my dog ever was or has been!

Thanks magicstorm. That's what I've been thinking and hoping, because they are pretty. They all came from Chickens Galore in Norco, California, and I'd describe them as hobby breeders and pretty legit. He seems pretty organized and specific about his breeds and crosses, so I'm inclined to...