chickensforkids
In the Brooder
- May 25, 2015
- 93
- 4
- 43
I was just curious because I have three and they are all different in size, but still bantam sized. My smallest one appears to be a rooster! I would love a standard sized silkie I'd the existed!
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Interesting .... I wonder if it is a case of breeding larger bantams to encourage the "big" gene .....They do exist in Europe, and I've seen one standard sized Silkie in the US. He looked like a LF Cochin sized hatchery quality Silkie. I still wish I'd have gave the sellers my $5 and taken him home, but I was at the very beginning of my chicken keeping adventure and didn't really know which breeds were supposed to be what. I think there are a few people in the US working on standard Silkies. At least I'd read that at some point, I think
Hi, I'm no expert...but at this point, this looks like a girl to me. Unless those white tips suddenly shoot out the back....Hi,
I have a question. I am including pics of one of my silkies I believed to be a pullet.(at least I hoped so)
I now am not sure. Looking at the top it looks like she/he may be growing the top and hackle feathers.
She/he is 11 weeks, so I assumed that the feathers were all in and I could count on the rest of this hatch to be girls!! Reason I say this is because we already had the 2 roosters out of the bunch start to crow about 3 weeks ago, and we separated them to another coop.
Anyone have any idea if I am right or wrong in assuming it's a she?
One thing you might want to do is click on the pictures to see the larger version. It is the white tips I am looking at, it looks as though there are new feathers coming in.