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    Sexing Silkie Game

    I’m lost sorry
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    Sexing Silkie Game

    These are pics when they were 12 weeks, left is female right is male.single photo is bearded male(who I thought was a hen)
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    Oh.. that’s weird, the one with 2 chickens was when they were a lot younger, just the roo in question is in the single chicken photos
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    Thank you but it’s a pic of the same chicken
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    ***update**** The non bearded I thought was a rooster is a hen, the bearded I thought was a hen, is a rooster( I think)6 months old now. No eggs, no crowing.
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    Sexing Silkie Game

    Thank you! This comb and tiny waddles came in like a week ago, they are very tricky
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    Sexing Silkie Game

    Sorry 6 month old
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    Sexing Silkie Game

    Boy silkies are hard. This is a 6 week old that I was sure was a hen, I’m guessing rooster now lol. Still no crowing and still sits low like a hen, what do you think?
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    That’s true!!! I hope princess doesn’t crow lol!!!
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    Thank you! I don’t care what the sex is really. I think the boys and girls are both darling!!! Just hope I named them correctly! Lol!
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    Thank you! I was leaning towards cockerel for the non bearded too but there are no waddles or comb developing, I hatched these,and their development was identical. Normally they have little tiny differences but these 2 have really stumped me! I love the quality of these 2! I bought the eggs off...
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    Help with trying to sex silkies

    10 weeks old, one bearded one non bearded. No waddles small flat comb, too young to tell?
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    Hello!

    Hi Steve! Welcome!!! We also love chickens and bulldogs lol!!!
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    Getting ready for chickens

    That’s rather scarey!!! No, the snakes I’m referring too are rather small, like 18” or less! We also keep an electric fence on the outside of our perimeter fence, so two lines of defense. The bottom wire is located 3 inches from the ground. I’m sure that would deter snakes that large! Our...
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    Getting ready for chickens

    I free range my chickens, copperheads and cotton mouth snakes are very venomous, they kill them, if they aren’t too big and the chickens are in groups. They gang up on them, which terrified me at first, but I’ve only lost 1 rooster in 10 years... to a dog.
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    Getting ready for chickens

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    Getting ready for chickens

    I use straw bedding, however the most chickens I’ve ever kept was 19. As far as snakes here in the USA, our chickens kill them! They eat mice too. The best layers are leghorns and ISA Browns. I don’t know what’s available in your area of Earth. Most heavy breeds are good layers. A good way to...
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    Hello from Ohio!

    Day 20, I'm so nervous, I normally see the eggs rocking and hear peeps by now, I did set a little lower temp this time so I'm giving it longer, I reaalllly need to hatch a Wellsummer roo for my son! I got 6 hens last time, only me!!!!! Normally hope for more hens! Here's a cute pic of my M L F...
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    Hello from Ohio!

    Im new here to posting, however I've been using all your info as I am a beginner at incubating. I've been raising ( store bought chicks) for about 5 years. I currently have 2 buff orphingtons, 1 silver lace Wyandot, 1 isa brown, 3 MLD's( I hatched 4 weeks ago, and I currently have a dozen...
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