Unisex silk

[Silktop]

I have raised 5 porcelain silkies over the last 4-5 months and was pretty settled that we had 4 hens and one rooster. One particularly aggressive hen developed fairly prominent waddles and this morning she crowed. I just read that hens can sometimes become transgender...

or has she been a rooster all along?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Hi there, welcome to BYC.

He is a cockerel and has been all along.

 

[Silktop]

Hi there, welcome to BYC.

He is a cockerel and has been all along.

Where is his coxcomb? My other rooster has a very prominent comb

 

[Chicalina]

Yep, no gender dysphoria there . Lovely boy.

Why do you say porcelain, do you mean white?

Thanks for the excuse to post a pic of my mature boy (any excuse will do, lol)

 

[Chicalina]

Silkie pullets and hens have no comb growth at all, it is small and nearly flat, not bumpy and swollen. Like this further gratuitous pic of my hen:

 

[Silktop]

Yep, no gender dysphoria there . Lovely boy.

Why do you say porcelain, do you mean white?

Thanks for the excuse to post a pic of my mature boy (any excuse will do, lol)

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[Silktop]

Yes I mean white... when they were chicks I thought they would be porcelain so it stuck. Haven’t learned all the jargon so I appreciate the help. This is somewhat disheartening however because I don’t have enough females to support 2 cockerels and it has gotten a little rough in the hen house/yard

 

[Chicalina]

He is a really great looking bird, and I'm sure you can sell him for stud somewhere.

Or get more pullets?

Have you heard of chicken math yet!?

 

[Silktop]

I know how that math happens if that’s what you are asking but I haven’t heard of “chicken math”

 

[Silktop]

This is my other guy!