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    Am I a silkie.. and am I a hen?

    A bearded silkie about 5 months looks right. Can’t help you with sex though. But a straight head on face shot of your silkie will help the other expert chicken sexers
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    Cockerel lost its crow and couldn’t breathe

    Can you ask a local vet to check a fecal sample for parasites? I adopted a 4 month old silkie chicken. He was like skin and bones although I know he came from a good caring home. He also was sneezing, nasal discharge, and an intermittment wheezy whistle to his breathing. He also would flick his...
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    5.5 month old silkie, pullet or cockerel?

    Thank you all. Your opinions are greatly appreciated. I think I will change his name to Boomer. 👍
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    Green Feathers.

    This is Zippy 2 years ago, about 6 months before she lost her mate...before she went drake.
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    5.5 month old silkie, pullet or cockerel?

    Isn’t this more cockerel like posture?
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    5.5 month old silkie, pullet or cockerel?

    Thank you. No eggs or crowing. It’s maddening! ZsaZsa has started chasing and bullying my ducks for her/his entertainment when we are outside in the backyard.
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    Green Feathers.

    I have a 6 year old butterscotch call duck and she was a prolific egg layer. She lost her “mate” a year and a half ago at which time she stopped laying. She has developed drake curls and changed from her beautiful pastel hues to butterscotch drake coloring. So the switching sex thing does...
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    5.5 month old silkie, pullet or cockerel?

    I was told this chicken was believed to be female. This is my first chicken, ZsaZsa. She/he had a very rough start in life but is now a very spoiled house chicken. But I’m dying to know hen or roo?
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    Greetings all!

    Hello! I just got my first silkie chicken about a month ago. “She” is a rescue that started her journey at TSC but after she became dehydrated and listless she was moved to a back room and considered unsellable and was kind of left to die. Fortunately for her, an amazing woman with a heart of...
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