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Well at least I'll know what to look for next time! WHen I think about it, I realise he probably has been practice crowing, I'd just mistaken it for squawking. He's such a chicken, he behaves like the big girls are all out to get him (not that they are, they hardly deign to notice him!), and...

Drat! Ok well maybe I'd better plan to put the big new coop a little further down the hill then! Thanks very much all.

Poop. Sneaky little blighter has been in drag all this time! Thanks though. So tell me about Silkie roos, do they crow as much as other breeds as a general rule? So far, Napoleon has only done it at 9am for about 3 minutes, and that's it for the day, but then he's only 2 days in. Is it...

Ok, I haven't posted pics here before, so lets see if this works - Ninette La Phoenix or Mandarin Napoleon? Had trouble getting a clear shot as every time I squatted down, they all ran over thinking I had food!

Uh-oh! OK, so now that I think about it, his hackles are pretty pointy, and his pompom is more of a fireball streaking out behind him than a dandelion head. I'll get some pics up as soon as I get a chance, but it sounds like Ninette (for her nine toes) is now Napoleon! I'll have to get him a...

I was pretty sure my little Silkie was a hen, 'she' even sang the egg song a few weeks ago, though I couldn't find any egg, but the last two mornings she's done a sort of crow, wings flapping, head up and all. Not til a good 3 hours after sunrise thankfully! We lost the next-girl-up on the...