Silkie question please help!!!

[Newchickymama37]

Ok, eggs.
She doesn’t really look old enough to lay yet, but the black skin kinda hides the redness that most pullets get when they start laying.
@aart has a great article that I can never find on ways to tell if they are laying. I have some size comparison pics, if I can find them.

My silkies’ eggs were always very smooth and almost shiny, and more oblong shaped. My cochins are more matte finish, and typical fat end/pointy end eggs, or more round. If that helps any.

She seems really small/young to me as well but he is still mounting her and she is still trying to lay on eggs. Her face is kinda reddish but like you said it’s hard to tell.

 

[WVduckchick]

Cochins and silkies can range in sizes, I no longer have silkies, but I have a couple hefty bantam cochin hens that lay a good sized egg! And I have some petite ones too. I could always tell from the shell finish though.
But then my lavender Orpingtons were very large hens and they laid a much smaller egg than I expected. Smaller than the production reds that laid big eggs for such a small bird.

 

[aart]

@aart has a great article that I can never find on ways to tell if they are laying. I have some size comparison pics, if I can find them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/who-is-laying-and-who-is-not-butt-check.73309/

 

[New2Chicks97]

I have a pair of frizzle silkies that I got at the flea market about 2 1/2-3 months back. The rooster was and still is way bigger than the pullet. The pullet then had only a few feathers and looked generally unhealthy because most of what feathers she had were pin feathers. He told me it’s fine and that’s just how they look when they are babies and that once her feathers came in she would look normal. Fast forward to now, she hasn’t really grown much at all and is still tiny compared to the roo and has feathered out but still has lots of pin feathers. I thought she was still too young to be laying let alone go broody and today I find her sitting on some eggs! I pick her up and her body temp is obviously elevated so I put her in with the roo who had been separated and he immediately mounted her! Now, my question is what would her eggs look like? I haven’t noticed any new tiny eggs and I don’t see how something as small as her could lay an egg the same size as the rest of my chickens! I’ve looked online and can’t find any good pictures comparing. Can y’all please share some pictures of yours with me?

My daughter has the tiniest little girl silkie and I have ever seen. I agree it is hard to imagine them laying anything bigger than a dime when they are that small. She is half of the size of the silkie rooster that we got with her at the same time.