What sex is my sultan chicken?

[Twilight Sparkles]

Such beautiful chickens and dogs!

Thank u.

 

[Rhodeislandsilkie]

 

[Abriana]

Awww! Carlos (maybe Carla now?) is a beautiful girl!! I want a sultan now!

 

[Fishkeeper]

thanks for the tip! Our pekes dont have breathing problems and all of them aren’t allowed in the coop or the run. The chickens free range on the dog’s backyard from 7am - 5pm. We live in Bangkok so there is no hawk/eagle. The only bad guys around here are snakes and i personally have not seen one yet.

Unfortunately, dogs as severely brachycelaphic as pekes come with breathing problems. That's what the wheezing and snorting noises they make are- their throat is too constricted and their sinuses crammed into too tight of a space. Some of the really bad-off ones need surgery to correct it. It's such a shame, they're lovely dogs, but that head shape isn't a healthy thing to breed for. There's a movement to breed "retromop" pugs, which are pugs that are a bit more functionally shaped, but I haven't seen anything like that for pekes.

What kinds of snakes do you have? It takes a fairly large snake to threaten chickens, let alone small dogs, so unless you have venomous ones it probably isn't a concern. Nonvenomous snakes that aren't large enough to threaten chickens are best left to their own devices, they'll eat pest rodents for you.

 

[Heather67]

This is our Sultan, "Snow" who began crowing a week ago. We were told a Silkie Mix but he didn't look like one.

 

[JedJackson]

This is our Sultan, "Snow" who began crowing a week ago. We were told a Silkie Mix but he didn't look like one.

So cute. And yes, it looks like a Sultan, not a silkie mix.

 

[drumstick diva]

Beautiful birds and Pekes.

 

[drumstick diva]

I always think Sultans wanted to be silkies and then ran out of gas

 

[JedJackson]

I always think Sultans wanted to be silkies and then ran out of gas

Haha

 

[Twilight Sparkles]

Unfortunately, dogs as severely brachycelaphic as pekes come with breathing problems. That's what the wheezing and snorting noises they make are- their throat is too constricted and their sinuses crammed into too tight of a space. Some of the really bad-off ones need surgery to correct it. It's such a shame, they're lovely dogs, but that head shape isn't a healthy thing to breed for. There's a movement to breed "retromop" pugs, which are pugs that are a bit more functionally shaped, but I haven't seen anything like that for pekes.

What kinds of snakes do you have? It takes a fairly large snake to threaten chickens, let alone small dogs, so unless you have venomous ones it probably isn't a concern. Nonvenomous snakes that aren't large enough to threaten chickens are best left to their own devices, they'll eat pest rodents for you.

Unfortunately, we have burmese python- one of the five largest snakes and they are still pretty common. They will eat small dogs too. Our neighbor said that he sees them from time to time but we haven’t. There are also poisonous snakes like green viper and cobra. I, myself, havent seen any snake. Unfortunately, a part of our land is connected to an unused land with lots of weeds/trees/vegetation.