13 week Vaulted Silkie

[Obsessed With Silkies]

y'all are giving me hope but these hard tail feathers are killing me lol. if they are a Roo (theoretically saying) is it normal for certain developmental delays to occur such as crowing or comb growth? they hatched July 20th so they are definitely about 5 months old...

At 5 months, there would be signs of a large comb, wattles, streamer feathers etc. I have a few hens whose tail feathers threw me off for a while. I still think you have a pullet!

 

[Cloverr39]

Pullets can have hard tail feathers. I have 2 hens that do. They are 1+ years old and both lay eggs. I don't have any photos where the feathers can be clearly seen, but here's the best I could find.
Now my cockerel (32 weeks old) doesn't have hard tail feathers at all. All he has is floof . He crows every morning though.
So tail feathers can be deceiving. Especially in silkies.
Yours is a pullet. I'm 99% sure.

 

[MariBellsy42869]

23 Weeks and 4 days

  No comb/wattle development still. No crow either. No effort made in establishing dominance over other hens, honestly if it wasnt for the wonky feathers I'd be convinced.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

23 Weeks and 4 days
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  No comb/wattle development still. No crow either. No effort made in establishing dominance over other hens, honestly if it wasnt for the wonky feathers I'd be convinced.

She's pretty!

 

[MariBellsy42869]

at 29 weeks today Beluga has announced they are indeed a hen!

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

at 29 weeks today Beluga has announced they are indeed a hen! View attachment 3402272

Awww! Congrats!