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    Silkie Cockerel- adult feathering?

    Just curious— when do silkie cockerels get their adult plumage? My partridge guy is ~5months old and still has a lot of fluffy black/grey baby feathers. It looks like he’s slowly going red, and someone is getting rather impatient about him growing up. He just got his streamers but still hasn’t...
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    Partridge Silkies- Sex?

    I have two 10ish week old silkies. I think one might be a little younger because it still has its baby plumage and is covered in pin feathers. The younger one has "streamers", but I can't tell if they're just the first few adult feathers on its tuft or if they're actually early streamers. They...
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    Silkie thread!

    Hey guys! I'd love some opinions about my silkies's sexes. They're supposedly 10 weeks, but I think one is a week or two younger as he/she has very few adult feathers and the other is almost fully feathered. They both seem to have the same posture, but I'm not sure if those "streamers" are just...
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