Silkie thread!

[darkbluespace]

Yes I had it done myself and have the paperwork. I am going to have another sample tested at a different lab.

So pretty, I would have guessed pullet also.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yes I had it done myself and have the paperwork. I am going to have another sample tested at a different lab.

Looks like a pullet to me.

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes I had it done myself and have the paperwork. I am going to have another sample tested at a different lab.

Awww - don't put it thru another DNA unless you really really really need to know the sex. My little Black hen (my littlest Silkie) didn't use DNA testing - her shape eventually told me what she was plus her dainty tiny black comb plus her agitation for a couple days to lay her first egg!

Two Silkies in molt - the Black one finally shed most of her bleached rusty feathers and shiny new black feathering is coming in


Camera shy


Love the juvenile Silkie feathers before they forage outdoors - the comb is so tiny on our female it is imperceptible under the head fluff.




There's no mistaking this 6-month old Partridge male's comb!

 

[moomoodiddy]

@CreamBruelle , here's a couple more.

Stella strutting 'her' stuff. Lol, if 'she' turns out to be a 'he' it's going to take some getting use to.

So, are we thinking a boy or girl?

definitely boy

 

[moomoodiddy]

5 month old DNA'd cockerel but no comb yet. Are some just late bloomers?

More pictures of him. What do you think?

Is there any margin of error for these tests because OMG this is the most girlish rooster I have ever seen!

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Paint or Buff Silkie?

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Paint or Buff Silkie?

 

[darkbluespace]

Paint or Buff Silkie?

Paint, it has spots.

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Paint, it has spots.

That's what I was thinking! Thanks!

 

[PatiHF]

When do their head feathers appear?