I have a rooster around the same age but he doesn't crow but I am 100% sure he is a male because he is starting to gain dominance and he mates with the hens. He just never crows. Should I be worried?Should be crowing by now if it was a boy. My Silkies let the other chickens get up under them and sleep as well. Must be good to snuggle with!
Need a really good profile photo and head on photo showing the comb, though I suspect this one is a pullet.
Do you have another roo? I'd consider it a blessing, considering my neighbors would not be fans of crowing.
In show stock, any single combed birds are a disqualification.
I had a submissive cockerel that squated. He's my big boy silkie, Scaredy.
Huh! I hadn't heard of that before! I stand corrected....cockerels usually do not squat
It does happen, but it isn't common.Huh! I hadn't heard of that before! I stand corrected....cockerels usually do not squat
All breeds of chicken have a comb type that the breed is supposed to have. Silkies are supposed to have a type called a walnut comb. Yours have a type called a single comb. It won't affect the birds at all unless you are planning to show them.
yep, it means they're ready to mate and lay
The one with bigger combs and wattles I believe
A single comb is what people think of when you say to imagine a comb on a chicken
Nope, only one which I may end up with another one soon because I am getting unsexed chicks so we'll see how it goes.
