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Captain Beefheart aka The Captain Approx. One year old Silkie.

She's about 2 years old, I think.

My lavender silkie's head is molting (you can see the little pinfeathers coming back), but in the meantime, there are two really long feathers that make it look like she has eyebrows/antennae! Probably the best she's been able to see in a long time, though. Has anyone else ever had anything...

Looks like a hen to me!

She is probably just losing her fuzz and getting her adult feathering in. I wouldn't worry about it. :)

Short answer: no. They will crow when they're ready. Look for other roosterish characteristics to confirm.

Proud silkie mama with a selection of her seven babies. After having a hen hatch and raise the chicks herself, I don't think I can ever go back to doing it myself! Much easier outsourcing it. :)

Quote: Have you talked to your neighbors? They might not want a giant rat colony in their wood pile.. then again, they may not care. My parents in McKinleyville had a neighbor with a severely overgrown front yard. It was BAD. They were getting rats like crazy - one day my mom was talking...

You might want to call whoever you purchased him from and ask if they have any suggestions.. when I ended up with three roosters instead of three hens, the feed store took them back (and gave me a considerable amount of money for housing them so long). Of course, I think that was some sort of...

I had a broody Jersey Giant and basically, I just kept going out there whenever I had the chance and tossing her out into the yard and taking any eggs. Took a few days, but it was easy enough.

Quote: Yes, exactly this. When you say your neighborhood has an ordinance against them, do you mean an HOA? Submit an appeal, otherwise you are legally bound to the rules of the HOA.

Well, you're going to have to abide by what your HOA contract says. You signed it so you're legally bound to abide by it. That doesn't mean that you can't change it. I would say that just because you neighbors say that they don't mind you having chickens now won't create an issue in the...