Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[cluckcluckluke]

MegaCakes, what have you started!?!?! Everyone wants Pimms now!!!

 

[Teila]

Gosh I really do need to get out more don't I , if you all knew what it was lol

Tee hee satay, if it makes you feel any better, I had no idea also!

 

[satay]

Tee hee satay, if it makes you feel any better, I had no idea also!

yes it does

 

[Teila]

Luke called me a Wuss over the whole stick-insect incident and now I have to confess that yes, I am definitely a Wuss.

I have my suspicions, more accurately have come to the conclusion, that my 'Silkie' Chicks are in fact, Silkie X's. They have 4 toes and are sporting a combination walnut/single comb; possibly more single comb than walnut and are not as 'fluffy' as the many, many pictures I have looked at of 3 month old Silkies. This not a problem, they are pets and I love them to bits!

At 9 weeks of age I gave away 3 of the 5 because they were bigger than the 2 I kept, had much more developed combs (with red in them!) and were doing quite a bit of the chest bumping dance. Now, only having the 2 who are fairly similar, I also have nothing to compare them to.

My dilemma is that I think I have picked accurately and have 2 hens but not knowing exactly what X they are I have no idea what to look for. Because they are X are they maybe going to crow or lay eggs earlier than pure Silkies? The chest bumping dance is now pretty much a rare occasion and while they are best buds, neither seems to be more dominant than the other. Neither seem to be more adventurous than the other and they both run back to the coop if something spooks them. They have definitely taken up clucking and given up on peeping completely. I can't judge by streamers or feathers because again, being X'd, anything could be going on! They are 13 weeks old and still run from their hatch-mum (bantam black cochin) and have never stood up to either of the adults.

The reason I am a Wuss? I could probably post some pictures of them and get some expert opinion but I am terrified that someone is going to say rooster and I will be devastated because I can't keep a rooster

I was woken at 05:00am this morning by what sounded like someone trying to have a crow so I threw on some clothes and raced outside, heart in mouth, to see which of my darling little Silkie bubbies was going to have to leave home and it was Dusty my 1 year old Bantam Langshan who is definitely a hen (lays eggs). She has never tried to crow before!! The two bubbies were still tucked away in their bed lol.

I wonder, so that I can maybe keep living in denial or hanging onto my belief that they are hens as long as possible, if anyone has some pictures of white 3 month old X's that they know turned out to be hens or roosters so I can do some comparisons?

Signed .. The Wuss C/- Denial Central

 

[IamSamSam]

I'll have mine on ice and with a twist of lemon like ash. Anyone for a pimms?

Lol no thanks. Give me a good scotch whiskey

 

[SydneyChickens]

Luke how old are you?!

Pimms is very much in fashion at the moment in Syd boutique bars especially.. It's a brown spirit that sometimes gets compared to Gin, I don't normally drink but i do L O V E a Pimms hehehe

 

[cluckcluckluke]

Luke called me a Wuss over the whole stick-insect incident and now I have to confess that yes, I am definitely a Wuss.

I have my suspicions, more accurately have come to the conclusion, that my 'Silkie' Chicks are in fact, Silkie X's. They have 4 toes and are sporting a combination walnut/single comb; possibly more single comb than walnut and are not as 'fluffy' as the many, many pictures I have looked at of 3 month old Silkies. This not a problem, they are pets and I love them to bits!

At 9 weeks of age I gave away 3 of the 5 because they were bigger than the 2 I kept, had much more developed combs (with red in them!) and were doing quite a bit of the chest bumping dance. Now, only having the 2 who are fairly similar, I also have nothing to compare them to.

My dilemma is that I think I have picked accurately and have 2 hens but not knowing exactly what X they are I have no idea what to look for. Because they are X are they maybe going to crow or lay eggs earlier than pure Silkies? The chest bumping dance is now pretty much a rare occasion and while they are best buds, neither seems to be more dominant than the other. Neither seem to be more adventurous than the other and they both run back to the coop if something spooks them. They have definitely taken up clucking and given up on peeping completely. I can't judge by streamers or feathers because again, being X'd, anything could be going on! They are 13 weeks old and still run from their hatch-mum (bantam black cochin) and have never stood up to either of the adults.

The reason I am a Wuss? I could probably post some pictures of them and get some expert opinion but I am terrified that someone is going to say rooster and I will be devastated because I can't keep a rooster

I was woken at 05:00am this morning by what sounded like someone trying to have a crow so I threw on some clothes and raced outside, heart in mouth, to see which of my darling little Silkie bubbies was going to have to leave home and it was Dusty my 1 year old Bantam Langshan who is definitely a hen (lays eggs). She has never tried to crow before!! The two bubbies were still tucked away in their bed lol.

I wonder, so that I can maybe keep living in denial or hanging onto my belief that they are hens as long as possible, if anyone has some pictures of white 3 month old X's that they know turned out to be hens or roosters so I can do some comparisons?

Signed .. The Wuss C/- Denial Central

100% Wuss, show us some pictures

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Your going to find out eventually. Anyway we might not be able to help as Silkies, even X's are rather hard to tell the sex.
Yes, it is possible for hens to crow, not usually at that age but clearly still possible. We had a lady on here who had a crowing bantie, she had to eventually take her back to the previous breeders.

Luke how old are you?!

Pimms is very much in fashion at the moment in Syd boutique bars especially.. It's a brown spirit that sometimes gets compared to Gin, I don't normally drink but i do L O V E a Pimms hehehe

Not old enough to drink

.lol.
Also I am not in with all the 'hip' Sydney Fashion

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[Bens-Hens]

We have had some very confused chooks here, I have video of a pullet crowing, and cockerel egg singing and another pullet that thinks she should be mounting other girls.....might have to cut back on their Pimm's!

 

[Teila]

We have had some very confused chooks here, I have video of a pullet crowing, and cockerel egg singing and another pullet that thinks she should be mounting other girls.....might have to cut back on their Pimm's!

lols Bens-Hens

 

[SydneyChickens]

Hahaha no nor am I "down with it" when it comes to the Sydney hip thing.. Like a nanna I read it in SMH one Sunday morning while I had a pot of tea with my chooks lol