Silkie thread!

[Hinotori]

Hi! I am the owner of 1 silkie... (yes just 1) I also have 2 salmon faverolles. I was told that the eggs one of my salmon faverolle was laying was fertilized... which leaves me in a bind... which of the other two is a roo! (I live in an area that a stray chicken would be very rare and owning a rooster is banned and will get your permit removed).

So can anyone help... is Feather a girl like we have though for months... or a sneaky roo? All these photos are the same bird as remember I only have the 1. I have had Feather for a little over 6 months and got her as a week old chick. (no one at my house crows, no mounting... nothign like that just the suspect egg *which I took for a whole different reason and was surprised to hear it was fertile*)

Looks female.

As for fertilized eggs, I have a question. Most people can't identify a fertile eggs. Blood spots are not a fertility sign. They can happen in any egg. Did they see blood spots and assume?

 

[pointsalamander]

Looks female.

As for fertilized eggs, I have a question. Most people can't identify a fertile eggs. Blood spots are not a fertility sign. They can happen in any egg. Did they see blood spots and assume?

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No actually they used the yolk on the left of the photo.
They edited my photo and sent this saying it proved the egg to the left was fertile (they told me the blood spot just happened)

This is in theory the left egg.

 

[Hinotori]

No actually they used the yolk on the left of the photo.
They edited my photo and sent this saying it proved the egg to the left was fertile (they told me the blood spot just happened)

This is in theory the left egg.

That looks fertile and like it was sat on for a day. (I get them often enough and eat them.)


I had to ask because I cannot tell you how many times I've been yelled at about my eggs being fertile because of a blood spot. Older hens with no rooster. The culprit hens have passed now.

 

[pointsalamander]

That looks fertile and like it was sat on for a day. (I get them often enough and eat them.)


I had to ask because I cannot tell you how many times I've been yelled at about my eggs being fertile because of a blood spot. Older hens with no rooster. The culprit hens have passed now.

So the odd part is... you say my silkie is a pullet. Someone else says for sure the other two birds are also pullets...

How the hell did I get a fertilized egg with not a single roo???? like seriously now I'm super confused... I tihnk maybe the virgin mary of chickens lives at my house then....

 

[Hinotori]

So the odd part is... you say my silkie is a pullet. Someone else says for sure the other two birds are also pullets...

How the hell did I get a fertilized egg with not a single roo???? like seriously now I'm super confused... I tihnk maybe the virgin mary of chickens lives at my house then....

Go ahead and show us the other two birds. That silkie looks female though

 

[pointsalamander]

My salmon faverolle. Roosters of this breed are normally black

 

[Hinotori]

My salmon faverolle. Roosters of this breed are normally black

Yep salmon color is different by sex. Those are girls.

Hmmm. Does your silkie have any comb? Close up of the comb maybe.

Does the person only get eggs from you? Is it a fresh egg?

 

[pointsalamander]

Yep salmon color is different by sex. Those are girls.

Hmmm. Does your silkie have any comb? Close up of the comb maybe.

Does the person only get eggs from you? Is it a fresh egg?

Well I was eating it. The egg was about a week old (I finally got brave enough to try *1st time slightly squeamish chicken owner*). And it was definitely my girls egg. I literally have no idea.

I'll try get a photo of any comb feather might have tomorrow (she's sleeping now) but I've never seen a comb on her

 

[FirstTimeClucky]

Well I was eating it. The egg was about a week old (I finally got brave enough to try *1st time slightly squeamish chicken owner*). And it was definitely my girls egg. I literally have no idea.

I'll try get a photo of any comb feather might have tomorrow (she's sleeping now) but I've never seen a comb on her

The comb on a black Silkie can be impossible to see from a distance when their crest is fully grown in. Their combs aren't like other breeds, they have what's called a walnut comb. It's an oval shape, grows right at the top of the beak and does not extend further back on the head like most chickens. On a pullet it's black and fairly smooth, just a small bump. The roo's comb is thicker, more prominent and more pinkish. It has deeper wrinkles which give it its "walnut" name. You will probably have to hold your Silkie and part the feathers above her beak to see the comb.

 

[Hinotori]

Tomorrow I'll get some pictures of combs on the 4+ month old black cockerels I have so they can be used for comparison. Comb size can vary by line though.