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  1. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    No this is my first year having chickens and I've been cursed with roosters. I originally bought 8 chicks from tractor supply. 3 Rhode Island reds 3 barred rocks and 2 red ranger meat birds. When they were about 6-7 weeks I picked up the silkies. Around that time I learned all 3 of my Rhode...
  2. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    Yeah it would be interesting to know now all I know is the guy I bought them from breeds show silkies and sells the ones that he doesn't think would make it. They were 5 bucks each and looked cool that's why I bought them. I can ask him in a few weeks if he's at the chicken swap again
  3. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    He's a little wet right now because it raining so imagine fluffier and the other is from a few weeks ago not very clear though
  4. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    Mixed I think. I picked them up at a chicken swap when they were about 4 weeks old. The guy thought this one was a pullet and wasn't sure about the other that definitely turned out to be a rooster. This one literally had a very small comb and waddles till about 2 weeks ago. Great
  5. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    Here is a full body pic
  6. danh85

    Silkie sexing

    Hi. My silkie is about 6 months old now and I had always assumed it was a pullet (especially since I got two of them at the time and the other one made itself known it was a cokerel at 12 weeks). But this morning it let out about a half crow. It's waddles have seemed to double in size in the...
  7. danh85

    Another breed question.

    Thanks that what I was thinking originally but wasn't sure
  8. danh85

    Another breed question.

    I traded for her today with a rooster and completely forgot to ask the breed while I was talking to the guy.
  9. danh85

    13 week old roosters?

    Oh I'm def culling them soon. That's no problem I'm just dissapointed I had so many. It was kind of funny everyone I talked to when I got into this said get double what you think you need because half will probably die. At least none died they were just roosters.
  10. danh85

    13 week old roosters?

    This is terrible information then. Out of 8 chickens 5 are roosters. It sucks I wasted all this time and money on them and will now have to cull them all today.
  11. danh85

    13 week old roosters?

    Also forgot to mention they are Rhode Island reds and a barred rocks
  12. danh85

    13 week old roosters?

    Am I looking at 3 roosters or is there hope that one of these might be a hen. Also a 4th possible rooster
  13. danh85

    Help with sexing RIR

    Well I am now fairly confident I will not go back to tractor supply for chicks
  14. danh85

    Help with sexing RIR

    Oh I have no problem butchering them. I have 2 meat birds that will be ready to go in three weeks. They could go with them. But I do have a neighborhood hawlk that a rooster can occupy it's time with.
  15. danh85

    Help with sexing RIR

    thanks. That's what I have read everywhere. I was hoping it's not true since the other one looks about the same too. I can deal with one rooster but 2 for 8 other hens seems excessive. Looks like I now have to read up on ways to tame it.
  16. danh85

    Help with sexing RIR

    Hello all my Rhode Island Red is about 8 weeks old now and I was wondering if it's possible to get a definitive rooster or hen answer. It's starting to act more aggressively to the other birds and can stick the feathers on the back of its neck up kind of like a cat. I haven't seen the others do...
  17. danh85

    Hello all

    Hi everybody just joined the site though I've been using it for probably the last year preparing. As of today I have 8 7 week old chickens 3 Rhode Island Red 3 bar rocks and 2 red Rangers unfortunately all my Rirs are starting to look like roosters and 2 of them do this weird fight dance with...
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