Mean Silkies

[The Birb King]

S

so you are saying I could have a male with no spurs?

They dont have much for spurs for the first year, and the feathered legs could also make it hard to see them.

 

[The Birb King]

That silkie is probably a rooster those are all rooster behaviors. And with silkies, you usually cant tell the gender for a long time.

 

[TenderDefender]

They dont have much for spurs for the first year, and the feathered legs could also make it hard to see them.

 

[nuthatched]

S

so you are saying I could have a male with no spurs?

Yeah, I am.

Thats a cockerel, with out doubt.

 

[TenderDefender]

Yeah, I am.

Thats a cockerel, with out doubt.

Damn this all makes sense now…. What gives it away if you don’t mind me asking

 

[TenderDefender]

has it laid eggs?

They are all roughly 7 months old I have received no eggs yet

 

[nuthatched]

Damn this all makes sense now…. What gives it away if you don’t mind me asking

The really long and wispy feathers on the neck and on either side of the tail. There are feathers called streamers that stick up on his head that males have and the size of the comb and waddles.

 

[nuthatched]

Are any of the others suspicious?

 

[TenderDefender]

Are any of the others suspicious?

I’m gona post a picture tomorrow of my other silkie that crows sometimes with the one I posted they get along so that’s not a problem at least

 

[nuthatched]

I’m gona post a picture tomorrow of my other silkie that crows sometimes with the one I posted they get along so that’s not a problem at least

If its crowing, it's a cock.