Silkie thread!

[krysta]

So do y'all say hen or roo?

 

[Sylvester017]

Does anyone have a silkie this fluffy?

Pullets and cockerels are at their most fluffiest or right after molt. Mine look nice after molt but forage outdoors all day long and pick up spiderwebs and debris.

This spunky Black Silkie picked up a white feather hairpeice somewhere -- I don't have white chickens so where did she find it?


Growing new feathers after molt.


During molt the new Black feathers are replacing the faded rusty feathers from summer.


Approx 6-month-old pullet.


Two Silkies toodling around together and picking up debris in their "hair."


The crests get matted down during foraging.


Molting Partridge hen -- most of the golden brown feathers are gone and a lot of the gray underdown shows.


Black Silkie faded to rusty red in the brutal summer sun.


Black Silkie picking up spider webs and straw.


This spunky Black is always sporting something caught in her "hair."


Dainty 6-month Partridge pullet


Black hen fading to rust from the sun.


My Black Silkie hen is fluffy if she's not foraging outdoors.

 

[sunnie7]

I got this one from a friend a couple months ago when it was a teenager. I was told she was a pullet, please tell me she's correct?! Also, what color is she considered? Any guesses on age?

 

[Hinotori]

I got this one from a friend a couple months ago when it was a teenager. I was told she was a pullet, please tell me she's correct?! Also, what color is she considered? Any guesses on age?

Looks like a silver partridge pullet

 

[joydix]

and isn't this the one with 4 toes??? does look roo to me...when i had silkie chicks i did the DNA test so i would know if boy i could let it go but if girl i could keep that one and sell the rest....i got my two girls...but also sold 2 as roos that turned out to be girls....lucky them! i had enough anyway....too much broodiness!!!

 

[MKilzer]

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I got this little darling from a friend yesterday. Any thoughts on age/sex? My friend got her from her niece's extra FFA chicks, so nobody knows!

 

[KaylorFarms]

Could you take a pic of the comb?

 

[Ravynscroft]

So do y'all say hen or roo?

Way to early to tell...

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I got this little darling from a friend yesterday. Any thoughts on age/sex? My friend got her from her niece's extra FFA chicks, so nobody knows!

A few weeks old, I'd guess... and too early for gender...

 

[MKilzer]

I'm not sure if you were asking about my chick, but here's the cute little face.

 

[joydix]

to MKilzer....that chick DEF looks like a roo with streamers already on head...and maybe 10 weeks?