Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

I'm not even sure how many infertile eggs later I've gotten one to hatch! Catch is it's probably an accidental Polkie

 

[Elliemae1984]

In your experience, do pullets tidbit as well or only cockerels?

My hard-to-sex splash (who still looks the same, so leaning pullet) was tidbitting to the others when I threw down some scratch just now. There are both pullets and cockerels in the pen with “her”.

I’ve never noticed any other pullet/hen of mine tidbit, so now I’m wondering if “she” is just a very girly boy.

 

[Hinotori]

I have some hens that tidbit whenever I toss treats. Usually it's my best broodies

 

[Hinotori]

Caught a few chicks this evening.

Boys

I think the top one is my wanted splash partridge. Middle is blue partridge. Bottom is a moorhead regular partridge. That blue partridge will be used for breeding probably. He's looking ok so far and doesn't have the moorhead.

Girls. I may just get rid of any of the moorhead chicks. I don't want them for breeding. It's against standard.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Caught a few chicks this evening.

Boys

I think the top one is my wanted splash partridge. Middle is blue partridge. Bottom is a moorhead regular partridge. That blue partridge will be used for breeding probably. He's looking ok so far and doesn't have the moorhead.
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Girls. I may just get rid of any of the moorhead chicks. I don't want them for breeding. It's against standard.

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Moorhead's the ones with black head right? When I was looking for hens I came across a breeder who only breeds the partridges with black heads.

 

[Hinotori]

Moorhead's the ones with black head right? When I was looking for hens I came across a breeder who only breeds the partridges with black heads.

Yes. Partridge standard in chickens is with red heads. I think there is a specific breed that actually calls for the moorhead.

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

Yes. Partridge standard in chickens is with red heads. I think there is a specific breed that actually calls for the moorhead.

Interesting. I did pick two pullets/hens from this breeder I believe, they're coming from a different state later this month I think it is. I got a buff (or red? What people call each confuses me...) and a funky coloured partridge that she wasn't able to give me a proper colour name (said something along the lines of partridge with blue tones, so kinda guessing it's a Blue partridge?).

 

[AngBantamLuv]

In your experience, do pullets tidbit as well or only cockerels?

My hard-to-sex splash (who still looks the same, so leaning pullet) was tidbitting to the others when I threw down some scratch just now. There are both pullets and cockerels in the pen with “her”.

I’ve never noticed any other pullet/hen of mine tidbit, so now I’m wondering if “she” is just a very girly boy.

My BFF girls tidbit w each other, it's really sweet i think.

 

[Hinotori]

When I had a rooster get blinded by a peck to the head, he had 2 hens that took care of him. They'd talk him in and out of the house and tidbit the food and water bowls.

 

[Elliemae1984]

My BFF girls tidbit w each other, it's really sweet i think.

This gives me some hope. Although now I’m questioning 2 that I *thought* were girls based on combs starting to grow in bigger. So I bit the bullet and order DNA testing for those two.

I feel like I’m in denial about them because if they’re boys it means I’ll have only gotten 2 girls out of 10 chicks (yikes!). I’ll know for sure in about a week!