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All US slkies are bantams. Yes, the spikey crest is pretty age-appropriateHere's a pic of a couple of my 6 week old chicks. A blue silkie and a cuckoo marans. I feel bad for my little silkie, I did not expect her to be so much smaller than my other birds, I don't think I got a bantam. Anyhow, poor buddy had pasty butt right from the store and was a bit lethargic at first. One of my cuckoos will cuddle but the rest pretty much ignore or step on her. I don't see the other birds grooming her, and the feathers on her head and neck are quite spiky. Is that normal for this age? I'll try to get a better picture this evening.
She is splash and looks feminine (but no guarantees).
Quote: THank goodnes I didn't guarantee!
LOL! You are too smart to put a gender guarantee on a silkie.THank goodnes I didn't guarantee!
Quote: I will happily guarantee if I know it has laid an egg, and/or I know it fathered chicklets. Crowing is not real proof. A few years back I had a pullet inside for several weeks recovering from heat stroke. Only chicken inside. Eggs in her cage, and occasional crowing from the cage; more eggs than crowing, but still...yes, she was a girl. Likewise, I had a ton of folks telling me Gage was a hen. Only bird in the pen that wasn't laying, he crowed regularly, just not a lot or loudly, and if a hen started fussing, he rushed over to protect her. Once he started to attack me when I startled one of his hens--then did a double take and backed off when he recognized me, and glared at his hen as if to say "Don't cry wolf!" I got chicklets from his hens' eggs.