What if you reach down and pet over her back, does she still squat? I wonder, if theres a roostee around, if that would happen (vs you being the dominant one).Could just be a dominance thing? Since I have multiple roosters? Not just pullet behaviour...
Body, size, and look seems to be hen but comb is huge but I heard some hens canLots of pics..
Is this Silkie a cockerel or pullet? 3 months, 1 week old old. Orange bits on wings hard to see in pic.
Rooster dad in front, most likely black hen mother (not in pic)..
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Little Easter chick.. boy or girl??....
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@LadiesAndJane @LynnaePB @Matilda Belle @Silkie owner.. last tag is just anyone who owns Silkies that might have a clue!
.. I'll also add that this chick was a single hatch so I have no others the same age to compare apart from past hatches.. I've never had a hen with red leakage, only roosters, so really hoping for girl!.. I love partridge colouring too!
How many other hens do you have I personally recommend 4-5 hens per bantam roo and 8-10 for standard roosThe larger comb, thicker legs and red leakage on wings tells me cockerel since Easter was youngbut I'm still holding out hope it's a pullet!! I love Easter's colouring so really don't want to get rid of 'him' but 3 roosters is already too many
Crest still seems like a pullet!
You're right *sigh*
I went to pat him/her then he/she just squatted but next time I'll try again and see, maybe Easter just sat for a pat not squatted for a mate
Some of my hens do have larger combs then usual and my boys have quite large combs. Easter's comb hasn't changed much in size for a few weeks now and crest still is very round.. But the orange on wings supposedly indicates boy (and I've never had a girl with the red leakage only boys)
14 chickens, 3 roosters, 10 hens and 1 possibly boy Easter. 2 coops - 1 rooster in with 2-4 hens.
If easter is a boy you could do 2 roos in one coop and 2 in the other and 5 hens for each coop
Problem is I have a few hens I do not want to breed (not good quality stock), currently 4, so I have them in with 1 rooster at the moment but I was going to sell those hens but kept them so far to keep that rooster company.
