Is my silkie a roo or hen??? Please Help!!!

[Chicken Tamer]

This is my silkie Cherry Pie. She is a buff silkie. I thought I pretty much new she was a hen because my roo was doing his thing to her and she looked like one to me but the other day it looked like she was trying to mount my other silkie but she didnt but it looked like she was trying. Im very confused I have had 2 people tell me she was. She is about 10 months.Please help!!!


Sorry dont have a good pic of her comb.

 

[leadwolf1]

You don't need a picture of the comb for that one...the streamers coming out the back of his head is all that's needed to say that is a roo! And a very pretty one at that!

 

[LovePolish]

Yep Roo,very handsome!

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Awwww I dont want her to be. Does anyone else have a answer??? Just checking.

 

[leadwolf1]

I wish I could have told you that he was a she...but, I have alot of experience with silkie roos...the last 8 chicks I purchased were all roos

 

[hdowden]

that is 100% cockerel sorry

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Sooooo this is a akward q but why has my roo been mounting her???

 

[leadwolf1]

In one word, dominance.

 

[Lots A Cluckin]

have 7 roos and I have seen them mount each other...but I have heard of roos mounting other roos, and they say it is a dominance thing...just like female dogs will mount other dogs either male or female out of dominance....the only thing I have seen my roos do to each other is put their neck feathers out and sparring each other....but they rarely do that.

 

[hdowden]

In one word, dominance.

yep be happy its just that and they arent going at like "cats and dogs"