Apr 14, 2015 #1 sljack2006 Songster 7 Years Apr 10, 2014 118 8 121 Ohio I just purchased these 3, 8 week old splash silkies, hen or roo? Thank you #1 #2 #3 All together
Apr 14, 2015 #2 Chicken Girl1 Queen of the Coop 6 Years Mar 3, 2015 12,322 4,717 567 Virginia I think they are hens but I'm not a Silkie expert .
Apr 14, 2015 Thread starter #3 sljack2006 Songster 7 Years Apr 10, 2014 118 8 121 Ohio Thank you chicken girl 1
Apr 14, 2015 #4 Wyandottes7 Crowing 6 Years Jul 24, 2013 20,586 1,365 401 They're all looking like pullets to me.
Apr 14, 2015 #5 BantamLover21 Crowing 7 Years Jul 24, 2013 23,660 1,605 426 They all look like pullets to me, too.
Apr 29, 2015 #6 Fluffychicky Chirping 6 Years Mar 26, 2013 241 19 86 Sophia, NC #2 looks like a rooster to me but I'm fairly new to silkie rearing, the others seem like pullets. Have they developed more since your first post?
#2 looks like a rooster to me but I'm fairly new to silkie rearing, the others seem like pullets. Have they developed more since your first post?
Apr 29, 2015 #7 Darkfeather In the Brooder 8 Years Nov 23, 2011 95 3 43 I agree that 2 looks the most suspicious and might be a boy. The other two look very girly. :3
Apr 29, 2015 Thread starter #8 sljack2006 Songster 7 Years Apr 10, 2014 118 8 121 Ohio Thank you everyone I sold the roo suspect so I will never know. The remaining 2 still look the same so I have high hopes that they are pullets. Thanks again !
Thank you everyone I sold the roo suspect so I will never know. The remaining 2 still look the same so I have high hopes that they are pullets. Thanks again !
May 3, 2015 #9 JBraz21 In the Brooder Apr 19, 2015 55 4 31 Corvallis, OR I have two silkies any guesses as to a hen is a roo #1 #2
May 4, 2015 #10 Fluffychicky Chirping 6 Years Mar 26, 2013 241 19 86 Sophia, NC They seem a bit young to tell but I'm not too experienced with silkies so maybe that's why I can't tell, they sure are cute though!
They seem a bit young to tell but I'm not too experienced with silkies so maybe that's why I can't tell, they sure are cute though!