Better Than Rubies
Crowing
- Oct 20, 2017
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This Sunday my parents and I picked up two beautiful, sweet Silkie Bantams from Craigslist: A (dark) blue one and a white one. They were both supposed to be hens and supposedly already laying. I'm guessing them to be around 5 to 8-months old. 
The white one I'm certain is a pullet, but the blue one I'm not certain is a female. It has a large comb, though no red on the comb, but definitely noticeable waddles that are red tinted. And the white one is really shy, while the blue one just wants to get out and explore. My EE viciously attacks it, so for the most part, I keep them separate (the Silkies are in a small enclosure inside the big girls' pen, and when I let the big girls out to free range, then I lock their gate temporarily and let the Silkies out to play in the big girls' pen). The blue silkie actually squatted somewhat when I went to touch it one time. And s/he and Emma, my Production Red, were fighting earlier (it wasn't that violent), but of course, my big hen ended up winning. The white one has not been picked on but she also hasn't come out and encountered the big ones in that way. The blue one doesn't have roosterish feathers, though. However, its crest is swept back a tad, or rather, slightly has what is seemingly called 'streamers', whereas the white one has a nicely more rounded crest. They do seem to be the same size, but another thing that makes me wonder if the blue one (named Andee) is a male is because it was 'tidbitting' a little to the hen--or whatever that's called--when I gave them some scratch. 
Now here's some pictures (I don't have very good pictures, sorry).
The white one I'm certain is a pullet, but the blue one I'm not certain is a female. It has a large comb, though no red on the comb, but definitely noticeable waddles that are red tinted. And the white one is really shy, while the blue one just wants to get out and explore. My EE viciously attacks it, so for the most part, I keep them separate (the Silkies are in a small enclosure inside the big girls' pen, and when I let the big girls out to free range, then I lock their gate temporarily and let the Silkies out to play in the big girls' pen). The blue silkie actually squatted somewhat when I went to touch it one time. And s/he and Emma, my Production Red, were fighting earlier (it wasn't that violent), but of course, my big hen ended up winning. The white one has not been picked on but she also hasn't come out and encountered the big ones in that way. The blue one doesn't have roosterish feathers, though. However, its crest is swept back a tad, or rather, slightly has what is seemingly called 'streamers', whereas the white one has a nicely more rounded crest. They do seem to be the same size, but another thing that makes me wonder if the blue one (named Andee) is a male is because it was 'tidbitting' a little to the hen--or whatever that's called--when I gave them some scratch. Now here's some pictures (I don't have very good pictures, sorry).
