Unearthed wonder
Chirping
- Sep 21, 2018
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All photos are of the same 2 chicks. Copper maran x frizzle. I initially thought one of each but now not so sure. Any idea?
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They looked like baby penguins when they hatched. They are so cute! They inherited the feathered legs of their dad so it is seriously hard to tell. But one seems to have a more hen like stance most of the time. Unfortunately I can’t keep them if they are boys. I just had to get rid of the 2 boys that could have been the dad. Luckily, they will go to some lovely friends down the road with acreage if they do turn out to be boys. Our poor Silkie will be back to the bottom of the pecking order.To me it looks like whether they're boys or girls you've got 2 of a kind. Aside from the combs, the other good thing to compare is their legs. If one is starting to sprout nice thick legs and big feet - that's almost always a male. With the adorably feathered legs I can't tell in the photos if there's any difference there, but they seem to be the same size too. I'm in the same dilemma with a couple of silkies (first silkies). Either they're both girls or they're both boys...
Well fingers crossed they're girls then! My one foray into frizzles came from the frizzle bin at a farm store and they were both boys. As they were bantams with short little legs their prospects for mating were ... limited ... so they went to a good home. (my profile pic is one of them). Same thing when I tried Polish. So I'm trying to buck the trend with the silkies! Nothing better than good broody hens. We've got one with 8 chicks that are now over 2 months old and they're still together.They looked like baby penguins when they hatched. They are so cute! They inherited the feathered legs of their dad so it is seriously hard to tell. But one seems to have a more hen like stance most of the time. Unfortunately I can’t keep them if they are boys. I just had to get rid of the 2 boys that could have been the dad. Luckily, they will go to some lovely friends down the road with acreage if they do turn out to be boys. Our poor Silkie will be back to the bottom of the pecking order.
Our 2 little bantam roosters did an amazing job with our commercial layers. It was quite hilarious. I should have kept more of the silkie and frizzle eggs, although I was about to have cancer surgery so decided keeping only 3 was enough. So kept the frizzle onesWell fingers crossed they're girls then! My one foray into frizzles came from the frizzle bin at a farm store and they were both boys. As they were bantams with short little legs their prospects for mating were ... limited ... so they went to a good home. (my profile pic is one of them). Same thing when I tried Polish. So I'm trying to buck the trend with the silkies! Nothing better than good broody hens. We've got one with 8 chicks that are now over 2 months old and they're still together.
Pullets.All photos are of the same 2 chicks. Copper maran x frizzle. I initially thought one of each but now not so sure. Any idea?View attachment 2902699