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Funny you should say that cause I'm on the fence with number 2 and keep changing my mind over time.

They are just over 3 months now and yeah the 2nd one is a little anomaly with no feathers on its legs . They are all siblings and the parents have feathered legs so I dont know what happened there.

Hi guys Just trying to sex my last lot of silkie growers. I have 3 I'm not 100% certain yet so want another opnion. Chick1 - Male Chick2- Female Chick3- Female

Here they are. Hope the pics are ok

Hey guys I posted a while back about my silkie chickens but they were a bit to young to really guess their gender. Two of them are boys but there is one left who I am undecided on and keep changing my mind on. They are over 3 months now. No crowing, wattles or much of a comb yet but a very...

Thanks for replying. Yeah I thought 2 and 3 had large combs and could be boys. They all havent shown any boyish behaviours yet though like chest bumping ect. Suppose its just a waiting game to find out

Hey guys I have three chicks at the moment who are about 7 weeks. I'm trying to guess their genders but they have me stumped. Still quite young I know but with th last couple of hatches I've been pretty good at guessing at this point. Want to hear your guys opinions

Hi everyone I have a silkie hen who hatched out 3 chicks 2 days ago. Since coming off the nest with the chicks she has been behaving very strangely. She keeps shaking her head very vigorously and the opening her beak wide and gaping. She is not making any coughing sounds and her chest isn't...

That's good news then :D Ive been hoping since they hatched they were girls as due to where I live if they were cockrels I would have to rehome them so I'm happy they are two ladies.

Hi guys, I have 4 silkies two of which are laying hens so no confusion there on their sex however the two I hatched myself are now 5 months old. I have a feeling they are both female however this could be my optimisim cause I know how tricky sexing silkies can be so I wanted your guys opinions...

Haha I love the fact your hen just decided to brood on top of the box. I can't believe I just didn't think to block off the nest box, that's a much easier solution. So this morning I've gone out and blocked it off much to the broody's frustration and verbal protest. I think it's doing the job...

Hi Guys, I know there is a lot of material on the site regarding broody hens and breaking them however I wanted some advise on my situation and what you would do. I have a silkie hen who went broody about 7 weeks ago. I removed any eggs from the coop daily and have been removing her from the...

Thanks for the welcome guys :D Here are some pictures of my guys

Hi everyone I'm new to the forum and wanted to introduce myself and give everyone a little info about me and my little chickens. My name is Clinton and im from the UK .I'm pretty new to keeping chickens and have only been at it since July this year. I fell in love with silkies from the moment...