Am I Crazy??!!??

[Aunt Angus]

So, I went out to the coop the other day to collect eggs and found this:

It's a very small egg. I thought it was my Welsummer's first egg (almost 7 months old). It's really light for a Wellie, but it's her first and she's hatchery quality, so totally possible. Makes sense, right?

But this morning I go out there, and I see Dandelion, my Silkie cockerel, run straight into the nesting boxes, making a BAWK BAWK BAWK noise. He's 6 months old.

Could HE be a SHE????

I am waiting to see if there's a tiny egg in there after HE emerges....

 

[azygous]

Oooh! High drama at Aunt Angus's! Whodunnit!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

It's a girl! That's what color egg my silkies lay!

 

[MysteryChicken]

So, I went out to the coop the other day to collect eggs and found this:
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It's a very small egg. I thought it was my Welsummer's first egg (almost 7 months old). It's really light for a Wellie, but it's her first and she's hatchery quality, so totally possible. Makes sense, right?

But this morning I go out there, and I see Dandelion, my Silkie cockerel, run straight into the nesting boxes, making a BAWK BAWK BAWK noise. He's 6 months old.

Could HE be a SHE????
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I am waiting to see if there's a tiny egg in there after HE emerges....

Your Silkie looks like a pullet to me. What makes you believe it's a boy?

 

[chickens really]

So, I went out to the coop the other day to collect eggs and found this:
View attachment 1971786
It's a very small egg. I thought it was my Welsummer's first egg (almost 7 months old). It's really light for a Wellie, but it's her first and she's hatchery quality, so totally possible. Makes sense, right?

But this morning I go out there, and I see Dandelion, my Silkie cockerel, run straight into the nesting boxes, making a BAWK BAWK BAWK noise. He's 6 months old.

Could HE be a SHE????
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I am waiting to see if there's a tiny egg in there after HE emerges....

What a cute little Silkie..I'd say it's a Pullet..

 

[Aunt Angus]

I am floored! I bought DNA sexing kits for my Silkies but never used them because HE looked so much like a HE with the weird slicked back poof and rather large comb.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I am floored! I bought DNA sexing kits for my Silkies but never used them because HE looked so much like a HE with the weird slicked back poof and rather large comb.

I have two bantam White Silkies who have this type of crest, with no streamers.

My bantam white silkie cockerel has the same type of crest, but has streamers.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

First quick look says male, but I know welsummers lay a dark egg (I might have one laying) I think you could very well have a pullet!!!!

 

[Aunt Angus]

Dandelion is in the box still. I'll update once s/he comes out.

I am still in shock.

 

[chickens really]

I am floored! I bought DNA sexing kits for my Silkies but never used them because HE looked so much like a HE with the weird slicked back poof and rather large comb.

I say Pullet or he definitely isn't a masculine Cockerel at all.
Is that a recent picture?