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    Silkie gender wattle question

    I was just on here and thought I would update for anyone who wants to use the photos to help work out their Silkies gender. All 3 ended up being girls. They are just 7 months old and 2 of them are already sitting on fertile eggs.
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    @LadiesAndJane are you still out there?
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Hi, any thoughts???
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Hi, the silkies are 16 weeks now and i'm still not really sure although i'm starting to think that the 3 of them may be boys because of the amount of wattle development and the 2 white ones have some red on their faces. One of them looks like it has what people describe as streamers. I really...
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    Introducing 13 week silkies to large rooster

    Thank you so much Ridgerunner for your very details reply. I though about everything that you said and decided to just put the easter eggers in for now. They were in an small pen just next to the sussex so they would have already been aware of each other. The silkies were still in the brooder...
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    Introducing 13 week silkies to large rooster

    i thought worth adding if it makes a difference, the Sussex rooster is not that old either. He is around 10 months
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    Introducing 13 week silkies to large rooster

    Hi, I have 3 silkie chicks that are 13 weeks old. I am hoping to introduce them and 2 slightly older easter eggers ( 20 weeks) with my other chickens and wondering when it would be ok. I purposely held off on adding the easter eggers as I thought it might be easier for the silkies to go in when...
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Thanks, I appreciate you all taking a look for me. I will update when I know for sure. I guess that will be a while away :-)
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Thanks so much, I really appreciate your opinions. (especially since you are both leaning towards at least one pullet) and i'm happy that they still could both be girls. Will be interesting to see what they turn out to be. They were so dirty in those photos, I had just got them home and they...
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Thank you so much LadiesAndJane. That makes it very clear. Most of the 9-13 week olds that I saw had wattles bigger than the hen in your last photo. I'm glad that I only got 3. I can't see any wattles at all in one of them so I still have hope for 1 girl. I think that I may need to stick to...
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    Silkie gender wattle question

    Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone with silkies can help with this. I've never had them before but decided to get a few. I went to a place that had 13 week old ones advertised as unsexed. I noticed that each of them had very obvious wattles so I didn't get any. I went to another place this time...
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    Lavender Sussex genetics question

    Thanks, I'm definitely not an expert either but what you said is what I thought regarding the lavender gene being recessive. Both parents being lavender the chick should be too. I'm fairly sure it will be white though. I have more in the incubator already. These 2 were just to check fertility...
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    Lavender Sussex genetics question

    Hey, thanks for replying, I'm from Sydney Australia. You're right I'm sure he/she will be pretty and I'm now so curious to see how he/she turns out. I was just so surprised to see the colour. I'm also giving some of the eggs to a friend and now not sure what to say about the genetics. I imagine...
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    Lavender Sussex genetics question

    Hi, I am feeling confused and hoping someone can help. I have one lavender sussex hen and 1 lavender sussex rooster. I recently incubated 2 of their eggs. One hatched exactly as I expected; a lavender colour. The other is a completely yellow chick. There is definitely no mix up with the eggs...
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    Transporting baby chick with unabsorbed yoke sac

    I just wanted to do a final update for anyone that searches these forums for ideas on how to help their chicks. The little chick died today. She was 2.5 weeks old. I'm far from an expert in anything chick related but my feeling is that in the end it had more to do with not learning to eat and...
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