28 week old Silkie...what am I?

[JodyJo]

Here are a couple more pictures of it...
one next to my 3 16 week old EE pullets...and another one for a close up of the "streamers"
its my first silkie..how large are they supposed to be? I thought this was normal...but it is very small in comparison to even my silkie/cochin mix hen.

 

[aoxa]

I'm almost 100% certain it's a boy.. I hope you can still keep him?

If he is 28 weeks old, and hasn't crowed, maybe he won't crow much?

He's very cute though.

ETA: They aren't supposed to be big, and some can be smaller than others. I know Lorraine is already bigger than her aunt and she's not even laying age yet!

 

[JodyJo]

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I live on a 300+ acre ranch...I can have a 1000 chickens if I wanted to....but I can't afford that many! LOL
Ok then...a tiny roo it is most likely...that may explain the chase yesterday with the other roo. I have 2 already, re-homed one that was being picked on by the other 2...it seems they don't care to share! We will see what happens...thx!

 

[aoxa]

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I live on a 300+ acre ranch...I can have a 1000 chickens if I wanted to....but I can't afford that many! LOL
Ok then...a tiny roo it is most likely...that may explain the chase yesterday with the other roo. I have 2 already, re-homed one that was being picked on by the other 2...it seems they don't care to share! We will see what happens...thx!

I have a young barred rock cockerel, and they don't bother each other at all. My rooster is a gentleman! He's over a year, so I don't expect his attitude to change much now

I wish I had that much land!