Silkie thread!

[Bloveschickens]

hi, quick question, I will have to try and take pics soon, but I have this silkie, who was "buffie" it was so tiny we thought pullet, never crowed, we then thought a roo, as it developed more of a comb, altho it has a nice round fluffy little crest, it's hackel feathers are more pointed, now we started calling this silkie "tanner" as we started thinking him a roo... still now crow, altho we have a dominant roo in there "Geo" so Geo now mounts tanner, who is ok with this, which I read is normal as tanner wants to save his bacon and keep the peace.... well tanner has taken a liking to our little broody silkie and sits next to her on the next, I recently quarantined her as i'm giving her eggs soon, well I found tanner last night sitting on an egg himself outside the quarantine area.... i'm guessing someone else laid it as I have other hens in there, but now i'm second guessing tanner again is he really "buffie"???? I will take pictures tonight and try and get some up.... the entire maroon comb makes me think roo, but the round crest and submissive nature and he's sooo tiny make me think hen now????

That's very interesting. I am sure when you post pictures the experts on here will be able to help you

 

[judy mclean]

My little hen hatched one and left the others overnight. Poor little things were fully formed.
Sometimes I separate them from the flock, it really depends on the set up in the coop. The biggest danger is often the flock water dish. My Roos are generally very gentle with babies, in fact I often see them tid biting to youngsters.
Your chicks are adorable Judy.

ty I got them out and they do have babies in them they where very cold I put them in with her and she got back on them idk if it's a waste of her time should I take them away it's all the excitement of having babies but no worries because I didn't even know it was happening lol

 

[Suzierd]

ty I got them out and they do have babies in them they where very cold I put them in with her and she got back on them idk if it's a waste of her time should I take them away it's all the excitement of having babies but no worries because I didn't even know it was happening lol

Don't give up to soon I've had them go cold and still hatch.

 

[KV Silkies]

hi, quick question, I will have to try and take pics soon, but I have this silkie, who was "buffie" it was so tiny we thought pullet, never crowed, we then thought a roo, as it developed more of a comb, altho it has a nice round fluffy little crest, it's hackel feathers are more pointed, now we started calling this silkie "tanner" as we started thinking him a roo... still now crow, altho we have a dominant roo in there "Geo" so Geo now mounts tanner, who is ok with this, which I read is normal as tanner wants to save his bacon and keep the peace.... well tanner has taken a liking to our little broody silkie and sits next to her on the next, I recently quarantined her as i'm giving her eggs soon, well I found tanner last night sitting on an egg himself outside the quarantine area.... i'm guessing someone else laid it as I have other hens in there, but now i'm second guessing tanner again is he really "buffie"???? I will take pictures tonight and try and get some up.... the entire maroon comb makes me think roo, but the round crest and submissive nature and he's sooo tiny make me think hen now????

ok here are some pics of my hen/roo.... from the pics now looking at everything i'm wondering hen???? now to add this to the mix we had another roo at our place earlier this year that couldn't stand this chicken... which again made me think roo.... but again it's sooo tiny!

 

[Suzierd]

ok here are some pics of my hen/roo.... from the pics now looking at everything i'm wondering hen???? now to add this to the mix we had another roo at our place earlier this year that couldn't stand this chicken... which again made me think roo.... but again it's sooo tiny!

I say Hen.

 

[Fancychooklady]

X2 , hen.

 

[KV Silkies]

thanks to everyone! Back to Buffie it is. so long Tanner... cross posted and emailed a silkie friend and hen has been the unanimous decision!

 

[mom of silkies]

Congrats on the babies!

 

[Rocky64]

Can't wait till one of my hens go broody so I can start my silkie restoration.

 

[BonRae67]

My new silkie rooster. Got him today to put with my hen(Avatar) that I have hand raised. Hope they make pretty babies