Have taken some photos of 'his' head, he's 11 weeks old. Top photo shows recent change to the back of his head. Not sure if this is malting or pecking from my silkie! Have parted his crest to look for a comb but can't see anything yet.
Last photo is from a few weeks ago but shows his face better.
New owner of hatching eggs - recently hatched 2 blue copper marans in the incubator 2 weeks ago. Noticed that one of the chicks has a leg that seems to stick out from the normal position (see photo). I think this is a recent thing and have read some notes about slipped tendons - not sure if this...
We have 3 silkies and a polish all hatched at the same time (7 weeks ago) and would like some help sexing them please.
We're thinking the white silkie is possible a cockerel. Not sure about the black one.
Yes, you're right that the Polish isn't frizzled - we've just got so used to referring to them as silkies and a frizzle as we bought hatching polish frizzle eggs but there was always the chance that they'd be smooth. I've taken some more pictures - don't know if these give you any more ideas. We...
This is our first go at hatching eggs. We had some silkies and polish frizzles eggs. We only had one frizzle hatch but 3 silkies. We have no idea of sex though! They're 5 weeks old - any ideas what they might be?