Silkie thread!

[midwestchickenwrangler]

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I believe you have yourself a rooster.

 

[ChicksinFL]

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My rooster will not breed with his offspring or do I need to remove them from the flock?

I am new to chickens but I do think that like other animals chickens can't tell their offspring from non offspring and a rooster will breed any hen.

 

[Cakela]

Hrrm....

Thanks, dunno if he's/she's hatchery stock, bought him at a chicken swap.

Figured he/she was just a chick that had some faults they didn't want, but I have no idea.

He's/She's a total cutie either way, maybe I'll know 100% what he/she is when he's/she's all grown up.

 

[midwestchickenwrangler]

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I,too, just got my first nice silkies. They just hatched so I will probably breed them next fall. I have bbs and whites from Mary Robbins.

Mary says that you may hatch out partridge from her BBS eggs. Did you? I got one partridge out of the eleven chicks I hatched.

It seems like I may have. Whatever it is, it sure is cute! I have had a partridge chick from a hatchery before and it was alot darker in color. Will this one be a lighter part. or a blue part.?

 

[ChicksinFL]

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Based on my limited knowledge I would say that is a rooster.

 

[Chicklette 1]

i have 3 roosters in one coop and pen but they each have enough hens and I think that is important also for them to get along. They each have their groups depending on who they grew up with. So far, no problems.

 

[PamB]

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I believe you have yourself a rooster.

Agreed. A very cute one!

 

[racuda]

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Mary says that you may hatch out partridge from her BBS eggs. Did you? I got one partridge out of the eleven chicks I hatched.

It seems like I may have. Whatever it is, it sure is cute! I have had a partridge chick from a hatchery before and it was alot darker in color. Will this one be a lighter part. or a blue part.?

It is a blue partridge.

 

[joe17]

If anyone wants some free pet quality black chicks, let me know! I have them listed on the byc auction board here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=573254

They have very feathered feet and should have huge crests like their parents.

 

[TeePants]

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Hey, wait! Where in Louisiana are you? I wish I'd have known someone on here was in Louisiana that had silkies, lol! Shoot.