Is she a he?

[silkypie]

This little baby laid 1 egg about 4 months ago and now for the past 2 months it crows all day/night and chases the other chickens. (S)he is very protective over the other chickens as well...

 

[HEChicken]

Sorry, I'm not good with sexing silkies, but if you are certain the egg came from THIS chicken, then it is certainly a female. Males don't ever lay eggs. However females do sometimes crow, particularly if there is no rooster in the flock (i.e., the "head" hen may crow).

 

[mom2jedi]

I have no experience with silkies, but if you're sure it laid an egg then it's a girl. You might want to add something to your title like "Is she a he? *silkie experts please*" or something like that. There are lots of silkie experts that surf the forum. You also might want to list the age of the chicken and if you can get a close up picture of its comb that would be helpful. Good luck!

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Yeah, are you SURE this chicken laid an egg? Because if you didn't give that info, I wouldn't hesitate at all. That bird looks all roo.

 

[jeslewmazer]

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Agree totally. I have had a game hen crow and I also had roos but that did not stop her. Strange.

 

[suburbanminifarm]

He has pointy hackle feathers. And a boyish crest. Are you SURE that egg came from him??

 

[silkypie]

At that time he/she was in a the same pen as 3 Plymouth Rocks and were kept separate from the older chickens. We went in there one day and there was a small whitish egg, could that have been the silky egg?

 

[PremierSilkies]

That would be a rooster,

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[emys]

Perhaps the egg was just a fart egg from one of your large chickens, that would also explain the white or light color - often those are lighter.

 

[solarquail]

looks like a rooster to me