Silkie still not laying and rooster doesn't know how to mount hens

[Chris Hernandez]

I have one silkie hen that I bought like two weeks ago. She was still young and hadn't started to lay. eggs but you could tell that she was a hen. My friend also bough a hen from the same group of silkies (they all hatched from the same parents at the same time). My friends silkie is already laying eggs and just started to hatch out chicks, while mine hasn't laid a single one. Also, my friends silkie allows the rooster to mount her while my silkie runs away and goes around screaming when he tries to mount her. What do I do? Should I get rid of her and buy a new hen? She is the only hen I have. Please tell me what you think I should do. Thank you.

 

[theoldchick]

Let's see a photo of this hen. Silkies are notoriously difficult to determine sex.

 

[Chris Hernandez]

 

[Chris Hernandez]

Let's see a photo of this hen. Silkies are notoriously difficult to determine sex.

The one in the back is the rooster. Also if she was a boy she still hasn't started crowing.

 

[theoldchick]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-pictures-and-tips-updated-july-5-12.609085/

 

[Chris Hernandez]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...s-pictures-and-tips-updated-july-5-12.609085/

I don't know I'm pretty sure she is a hen because she still hasn't had any streamers. She/he still hasn't crowed. But the only thing that I'm still not sure about is the way she/he stands she shows all the signs of a hen but she stands upright. And she is also not as bold as the rooster. He will try and fight while she just runs away. And my other rooster got into a fight with my silkie rooster but hasn't done anything to the other silkie. I'm not sure, should I take her to my friends house and see if that rooster will mount her? Or should I trade her out for one thats for sure a hen? Or should I just give her more time?

 

[Chris Hernandez]

Also her comb is almost non existent compared to my silkie rooster, and he is only a little bit older than her.

 

[Chris Hernandez]

I just went out there, she is definitely a girl because when I grabbed her by the feathers in her neck and pushed down on her back (like the rooster does when he mounts her), she became submissive. And when I let her go she shook her feathers (like hens do after a rooster mounts her). I think that she gets like that because the rooster doesn't know how to mount a hen. He is still very young. And when he tries to mount her he just runs after her and pecks her back. What should I do with the rooster. Do I give him more time? Do I get a new one? Do I put him with my friends hens and rooster so that he sees how to do it? I don't know what to do but this is pretty funny.

 

[Chris Hernandez]

Also he doesn't do the little dance thing the roosters do when they're about to mate with a hen. Could that be the reason that he just chases her around and she runs away.

 

[theoldchick]

Keeping her/him is up to you. But it is known in other breeds of chickens that a dominant rooster will prevent a subordinate rooster from crowing. Though if having a female is of utmost importance then trade her/him for one you are sure is a hen. They are both very good looking silkies!