I am fairly new (a little over a year) to having a Silkie flock and have found raising chickens to be fascinating! I have 2 adult roosters (one the obvious leader who sits in my lap and is magnificent and protects me from the other ones attempts to run at me ) and the other kinda frustrated but...
These Silkie babies just hatched today. I have one buff hen, one black rooster, one white rooster, one white adolescent rooster, 3 babies and 7 adult white hens. I'm guessing the mottled is a combination buff hen and black rooster and the black with white tips is the black rooster and a white...
I was worried about that. I have 7 hens, 2 roosters, Lucy and 3 babies of unknown gender. I have some babies hatching next week so I will have more hens. Lucy is a very sweet and low testosterone rooster, which is why I couldn't tell for sure, so I am hoping that I can keep him and possibly...
Thank you! He's also very very sweet and has taken the 3 Littles under his wing. I thought he was a hen and have been calling him Lucy. I guess I have a Roo named Lucy now!
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This little sweetie is perplexing me. Does not act like a rooster at all but infrequently tries to crow. Shouldn't the gender be apparent by now?
I have 2 roosters that are almost a year old, 8 hens (same age), Besides this chick, I have one born March 22, April 2 and April 4, with 2 due this weekend and one in about a week 1/2. All Silkies!! A happy little flock that follow me around like kittens. My dominant rooster, Elvis, sits on...
This is "Lucy" (wishful thinking). Is this a rooster? I'm hoping not because I already have 2 roosters and 8 hens (working nicely together with one dominant, sweet rooster and one crazy, less dominant rooster). A very sweet chick. If it's a rooster I will have to re-home. Thanks for your...