Recent content by TrishSPA

Thank you so much for all your replies. I kind of knew just wanted some confirmation before I act. Unfortunately we are not allowed roosters here so he will have to go back to the breeder :( . Cheers Trish

Thank you guys so much, I have to admit that I was a bit concerned as she was the one most 'confronting' when our cockerel picked on her, flared her feathers and bumped back and so. However she is very sweet with the other two girls. You made my day as I thought I would have to return her...

Thank you so much for your quick reply, I kind of knew but did not dare to celebrate yet. With your confirmation I can finally relax and stop watching her suspiciously with every move or development she makes . and she is such a cutie, very gentle and soooo fluffy . now I can't wait for her to...

Hi guys, I have a mixed flock of presumably all girls as they were bought vent sexed from the breeder, however would like to have some confirmation from you guys as to the sex of my Pekin chick (I know there is some discussion about this but let's for now just assume that's the...

Hi, I have 2 Wyandottes both vent sexed as chicks and supposedly girls however now with 12-13 weeks I have my suspicions that this might not quite be the case . Please have a look at the pics (11-13 weeks) and let me know what you think. The gold laced was the biggest chick of all from the...

Hi, Here are a few picks of my little Silkie. This is at around 12 weeks old. Please let me know what you think. I think I know however would like to hear some confirmation from you experts. Thanks for your opinion

Hi Brooke, This is pretty much what the little one looks like so it might turn out to be grey or blue in the end. Not that I would care either way, I like all of these coulors main thing is that this time it turns out to be a pullet . By the way (sorry for OT) what is the difference between...

Hi I'm back, after the last two silkies turned out to be both cockerels we now have a new batch of chicks to try again. Hopefully with more luck this time. Unfortunately only one Silkie in this lot (+ Peking and Wyandottes) as the season has just started here . Here is a pic of the little one...

The riddle is solved, they both started crowing this morning. They will go back to the hatchery now for their breeding programmas we are not allowed roosters where I live. I will miss them horribly, they were so cute and funny little birds. Not sure what we are going to do now as we are back to...

Hi, new guesses please. Still not sure what they are but they are about 15 weeks now so I thought I post some updated pics: Thanks for letting me know what you think. Cheers Trish

They are hatchery birds, have not seen the parents. Those two were the only silkies they had left for this 'season' so I did not get to choose much or compare with others. I am also not sure if they are from the same clutch or just randomly roughly same age. Most of our Neighbours are fine...

Quote: Thanks for your guesses, at least now I know that it's not only me being confused about the gender . I guess I pick ashtree's answer as this would suit me a little better (even though I'd prefer to keep both, however the partridge is such a sweety while the white one is more of a...

Hi everybody, here are some updated pics of my babies. They are about 3 month old now and I still don't have a clue as to what they will turn out to be . What do you think? The partridge silky: One day I think he is a she because of the 'rather submissive' bahaviour and the...

This is great, new hope , the red wing feathering that starts coming through on my partridge looks just like in the above pic. (though mine is much darker over all so it's definitely not the same line however still hope for 'it' to be a pullet . Thank you so much for sharing this.

I am afraid it is on the wings. You can hardly see it on the picture, just started to come through on the weekend, but it is getting more every day (will post new pics next weekend). They did chest bump quite a lot in the beginning, however now it is only very rare. The crest of the partridge is...