Silkie Hen or rooster

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PatrickGW

PatrickGW

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Jun 30, 2015
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Hi, I'm new to keeping chickens and we have a silkie hen that just started laying. Yesterday I purchased another "hen" on craigslist but when I brought her home she was a little bigger than mine. Also my hen doesn't really like the new one and keeps chasing it away. I can't find any spurs or anything but maybe it's still too young. Can someone help me determine the sex of this chicken please?
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Thanks, kind of what I'm thinking. It hasn't crowed or anything yet. But I think it's going to have to be returned. No roosters allowed here.
 
If you cant have roosters I would definitely gove back unelss they can show you DNA testing etc. While it could still be a hen...there are too many rooster characteristics that make it umcomfortable to believe its a hen
 
PatrickGW said:
Thanks, kind of what I'm thinking. It hasn't crowed or anything yet. But I think it's going to have to be returned. No roosters allowed here.
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Most cockerels begin crowing at about 4-5 months, but sometimes it's quite a while longer before they begin crowing, and on rare occasions it can be nearly a year.
 
Thanks, believe it or not it just crowed twice this morning. So unfortunately he has to go. Now I have to try to find another hen so my daughter's not so upset.
 

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