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    Silkies hens

    We hand raised three silkies- we got them when they were about a week old. All three turned out to be hens. They are about 10/11 months old now. Very friendly and docile. Each has her own personality. Since they started laying in August/September, we've gotten about 150 eggs from them. They...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Chipmunk was about 6 months old. Phyllis started laying also... she started about a month later than Chipmunk- so about 7 months. Cupid is still not laying / crowing. (S)He is close to 8 months old. I keep looking for streamers - and I read somewhere that streamers are rough- well, her...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Just want to update. It's now confirmed that Chipmunk (the black one) is a hen. She started laying about 3 weeks ago. Our guesses are that Cupid (white) is a rooster, though he hasn't crow yet. Phyllis hasn't laid or crowed yet Chipmunk: . Cupid: Phyllis:
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    These silkies are close to 4 months old. One white, one dark and one light brown. What do you guys think? Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
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    Any thought on the sex of our silkies?

    We have 3 silkies, about 7 weeks old. We've been trying to guess what sex they are since we first got them- I want to see if any experts here have any thoughts as well. The white/brown and the dark ones have very puffy heads. The while one doesn't have a puffy head. That's the...
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