Is my silkie old enough to tell yet?

[stina3246]

And do the other 2 look like cockerals still? (I'm pretty sure the RIR and the Frizzle are but haven't determined the silkie yet) I'd like to know. I was hoping to get at least 1 hen. Can roosters live together if there is no hen?


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Don't worry about the Frizzles eye. I think it's cloudy from the flash. It doesn't actually look that way.


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[gamebirdsonly]

Sorry can't help you with the sex of the silkie as far as roos living together there might be a little bit nof fighting just to show whos top roo.

 

[wannabe_goatmom]

That is it's third eyelid. Chickens (and lots of other animals) have a third eyelid that they can close over the eye

 

[ChIck3n]

Not really sure about the silkie, they can be difficult to sex when young. It's head sort of looks cockerel-ish to me, but that may just be because it is still growing feathers in.

As far as raising together, that is usually fine. I have raised many cockerels together without any problems. However, I tried separating them for a few days (brought to a show) and after that there was a lot more fighting. If you plan to keep them together for life, you should have no problems. Just watch it if you separate them.

 

[stina3246]

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That's cool, I think I remember hearing about something like that. Forgot ALL about it. Kinda neat that I caught it in a picture though.