Chickies, Chickies, Chickies!! Meet the new additions! (Pic heavy!)

[fishnet1971]

Maybe Garete will teach him a lesson and ca him down.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Well, maybe. He is such a docile rooster, he ignores Hika Ma until they're in the same cage, and even then it took him a few minutes to decide he was going to fight. As disappointed as I am that I don't have the Silkie hen I was hoping for, I suppose if he's good with the hens and not human aggressive, he's alright with me. Actually, I've warmed up to the idea since my first post about it. I'm hoping he's a good boy like Po has been. He sure is a silly little fellow. (Oh, and on the plus side, well... Since I only got 6 pullets this year, maybe that will leave room for more pullets next year... )


So Margaret's name will be changed to Marka, which is supposedly one of the Persian root words for Margaret and means 'chicken'. It is believed that, because 'Margaret' means 'pearl', the root word stems from the idea that pearls look like tiny chicken eggs. This is all speculation, of course, but I thought it was pretty cool and I'm going with it.

 

[Chickenfan4life]

No, no crowing, but "she" sure as heck beat the tar out of Hika Ma like I've never seen a pullet do before.

All the signs have been there, though, and I have been worrying about that for the past week, so I guess it isn't much of a surprise. I'm just hugely disappointed, especially since I went through all that effort quarantining another darned rooster. I suppose, though, that Hika Ma has been misbehaving. Perhaps 'Marka' will be a more docile protector for the flock like Po has been.

I've had 100%, certified, egg-laying pullets and hens beat the ever-living heck out of cockerels and roosters that "step out of line". For instance, a cuckoo Marans hen of mine just lit into Brewster with everything she had when he tried to mount her.

I wouldn't be too sure that it's a cockerel just yet. Maybe just give it some time.

And that psychopath hen is just plain weird! (Demon-spawn... Lololol!)

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I am at 90%, likely not 100% because I am in denial. (After referring to him as a girl for 3 weeks, it has my brain spinning.) His comb and wattles have been reddening and he's at most 18 weeks old right now. His feet are pretty big in comparison to his size, which I had always thought was quite large for a pullet anyway. His neck feathers are shiny, although I don't see any saddle feathers yet. His tail has that droopy look to it like other Silkie roosters I have seen pictures of. I don't see any streamers and his crest is somewhat rounded, but it also has that swept-back look everyone talks about in their Silkie cockerels. And I'm not talking just a peck to put Hika Ma in his place, I'm talking a full-on fight that was instigated by Hika Ma, who has only ever been interested in one thing from my for sure pullets. So yeah, not 100%, but very close to it. :/


But that's okay, because Hika Ma is being a jerk and is right on the verge of eviction from my flock anyway. I've had to handle him a lot in order to get him from his cat carrier to his crate and back again, and he's started freaking every time I get near him, resulting in such events as him knocking his water dish from my hand and spilling it everywhere. I do not want to deal with this while he is set loose among my hens. :/ Marka is calm and laid back. I can tell he doesn't like being held, but he tolerates it so well. He seems like he'll be a good boy in the flock, assuming he and Po get along.


And yeah, demon-spawn hen. The last time she was in the main flock, she grabbed one of my Sebrights by her head and pretty much hanged her there while kicking her repeatedly. Pure evil. I can't trust her around my bantams or any pullets I bring in. She's so aggressive, she fights her way to the very top of the pecking order every time she's out, too. And she is a smaller hen, too, just a little bit smaller than most of my Easter-eggers, which should tell you how aggressive she is to be able to conquer the larger and heavier hens.

 

[CowGrrrl]

I am at 90%, likely not 100% because I am in denial. (After referring to him as a girl for 3 weeks, it has my brain spinning.) His comb and wattles have been reddening and he's at most 18 weeks old right now. His feet are pretty big in comparison to his size, which I had always thought was quite large for a pullet anyway. His neck feathers are shiny, although I don't see any saddle feathers yet. His tail has that droopy look to it like other Silkie roosters I have seen pictures of. I don't see any streamers and his crest is somewhat rounded, but it also has that swept-back look everyone talks about in their Silkie cockerels. And I'm not talking just a peck to put Hika Ma in his place, I'm talking a full-on fight that was instigated by Hika Ma, who has only ever been interested in one thing from my for sure pullets. So yeah, not 100%, but very close to it.

But that's okay, because Hika Ma is being a jerk and is right on the verge of eviction from my flock anyway. I've had to handle him a lot in order to get him from his cat carrier to his crate and back again, and he's started freaking every time I get near him, resulting in such events as him knocking his water dish from my hand and spilling it everywhere. I do not want to deal with this while he is set loose among my hens.

Marka is calm and laid back. I can tell he doesn't like being held, but he tolerates it so well.

He seems like he'll be a good boy in the flock, assuming he and Po get along.


And yeah, demon-spawn hen. The last time she was in the main flock, she grabbed one of my Sebrights by her head and pretty much hanged her there while kicking her repeatedly. Pure evil. I can't trust her around my bantams or any pullets I bring in. She's so aggressive, she fights her way to the very top of the pecking order every time she's out, too. And she is a smaller hen, too, just a little bit smaller than most of my Easter-eggers, which should tell you how aggressive she is to be able to conquer the larger and heavier hens.

Whose Marka?

 

[Chickenfan4life]

I am at 90%, likely not 100% because I am in denial. (After referring to him as a girl for 3 weeks, it has my brain spinning.) His comb and wattles have been reddening and he's at most 18 weeks old right now. His feet are pretty big in comparison to his size, which I had always thought was quite large for a pullet anyway. His neck feathers are shiny, although I don't see any saddle feathers yet. His tail has that droopy look to it like other Silkie roosters I have seen pictures of. I don't see any streamers and his crest is somewhat rounded, but it also has that swept-back look everyone talks about in their Silkie cockerels. And I'm not talking just a peck to put Hika Ma in his place, I'm talking a full-on fight that was instigated by Hika Ma, who has only ever been interested in one thing from my for sure pullets. So yeah, not 100%, but very close to it.

But that's okay, because Hika Ma is being a jerk and is right on the verge of eviction from my flock anyway. I've had to handle him a lot in order to get him from his cat carrier to his crate and back again, and he's started freaking every time I get near him, resulting in such events as him knocking his water dish from my hand and spilling it everywhere. I do not want to deal with this while he is set loose among my hens.

Marka is calm and laid back. I can tell he doesn't like being held, but he tolerates it so well.

He seems like he'll be a good boy in the flock, assuming he and Po get along.


And yeah, demon-spawn hen. The last time she was in the main flock, she grabbed one of my Sebrights by her head and pretty much hanged her there while kicking her repeatedly. Pure evil. I can't trust her around my bantams or any pullets I bring in. She's so aggressive, she fights her way to the very top of the pecking order every time she's out, too. And she is a smaller hen, too, just a little bit smaller than most of my Easter-eggers, which should tell you how aggressive she is to be able to conquer the larger and heavier hens.

Oh dear. Sounds like she may be a he after all. But, y'know, so long as he's nice and not mean, there's not much of a reason to be disappointed, anyways. My sis has a silkie rooster and he's quite a sweet fellow. I think Marka will be a perfectly good fellow.

Just as a side note, though, the Marans hen wasn't just pecking. Lol! She was full-out kicking her spurless legs at Brewster. It was quite a sight, to see Brewster going up against one of his ladies. That hen is the top hen.

And, that evil hen... That is one twisted chicken! I've never seen any of my girls do that!

 

[Chickenfan4life]

Quote: Pipd's silkie, Margaret, looks like it's a cockerel, which means that his name has to be changed. She changed it to Marka.

 

[CowGrrrl]

Quote: Pipd's silkie, Margaret, looks like it's a cockerel, which means that his name has to be changed. She changed it to Marka.

Oh! I shoulda read a couple posts above lol. Nope, Margaret/Marka is a pretty pullet I think.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Well, I hope you're right, but I'm not holding my breath on it. I'll go try to get some pictures of him and see what y'all think.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Okay, here we go. Side shot of Margaret/Marka's face:

Margaret/Marka's face, comb, wattles, and crest:

A closer look at his/her comb:

Coloration and shininess in the neck feathers:

Overall stance (he/she did not want to cooperate so this is the best I got):