Please confirm this is a male silkie

[New Chickadee]

You guys helped me figure out Debbie was really a Delbert, and we found him a great home with nine hens! Today, my one day off, Daisy started cockle-doodle-dooing, and she did it well. The other day I saw her run up to one of the hens with her chest sticking out and standing very tall. I am now suspicious she's a he. And the facial skin has grown, and those back feathers look pointy. Please give your yay or nay on whether Daisy also needs another name...and a new home where she can crow without neighbors getting upset. I'm very, very sad at this point because this means my two favorite hens are really roosters.

 

[ginbart]

Yes I say it is. His comb is very large.

 

[New Chickadee]

I forgot to mention that he's about 5 months old.

 

[Cargbrock]

Yupp. It's a he.

 

[Ksane]

If the comb didn't tip me off the crowing would

 

[aoxa]

That comb is not a silkie comb...

 

[Ksane]

Quote:
I meant the *size of the comb.

 

[New Chickadee]

If it's not a silkie comb, what is it?

 

[Lothiriel]

If he's crowing and all that, on top of his streamers and huge comb... 100% boy.

As far as his comb goes, Silkies are technically supposed to have walnut combs, not single. But sometimes they have a genetic fault somewhere in the line and get a single comb.

 

[hdowden]

tis a lovely rooster...he can have a straight comb although its not normal for silkies to have straight combs...if you lived near leesville,la i would love to take him