Help -- I'm thinking 2 out of 3 are Roos...

[Buugette]

I'm sure "Cream Puff" is a Roo as he has already crowed... (the buff silkie)... and I am concerned that "Porsha" is a Roo (the white silkie)... Her behavior mimics Cream Puffs... and they have that chest bumping thing going on. Can you tell if my white silkie is a Roo? And if she is a he... can Wilamena be by herself? I can't keep roos and do have a home for them... but should I try again, and get a couple more bantam chicks and hope for hens?

Any input would be great.

 

[FisherMOM]

I dont know silkies, but my pullets and roos chest bump. I would guess that the white silkie is a pullet. there is no red in that little comb. BUT like I said, I have no silkies... just a friendly guess.

 

[danielbrown]

Silkie combs do not turn red.
It looks like might be a pullet to me.

[qoute]And if she is a he... can Wilamena be by herself?[/qoute]

She can be by herself but she will be very very lonely that way.
Chickens are very social animals.

 

[Chicky Mama]

With ours the boys seem to have the swept back look and the girls have a nice rounder,fuller top not. They both look like cockrels to me.

 

[DTchickens]

Yeah i think the white is a hen, and just because it crowed doesn't mean it's a rooster!

though by the second picture it looks like he has sickle feathers.. Indicating rooster.

 

[racuda]

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I agree.

 

[Buugette]

I will see if I can get some better pictures of Porsha tonight and post them... I'm really hoping she is a hen, but if she is a he, he will have to go to the farm.

That will leave Wilamena so alone... and she is a very social chicken. I can't have her alone... I will find her some friends.

Thanks again.

D

 

[Buugette]

Okay, here are some better pictures of Porsha... so... boy or girl?

This is my Porsha... please tell me she is a she and not a he....

She's annoyed now... just wait till you see the next two pictures of her tail feathers.

I don't see the same types of tail feathers developing as is on Cream Puff. So what do you all think?

Diana

 

[racuda]

How old is..."she"?

If younger than about 4 or 5 months maybe there is still hope.

 

[Buugette]

"She" is a little over 8 weeks... Hatched May 3rd... so hoping for a girl. Cream Puff seems so much more "he" and is the same age.