What's so special about Silkies? [got them!]

[SilkieChickenLover336]

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you have a white and blue!!!!!! look them up!!!

 

[LittleChickenLady]

I think the blue one is a boy.

 

[Elite Silkies]

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I'd give that chick another 3-4 months before being able to sex it. Way too early to tell yet.

 

[Jferlisi]

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I'd give that chick another 3-4 months before being able to sex it. Way too early to tell yet.

Agreed. Silkies are one of the hardest birds to sex because they are so fluffy and look so alike. You will have to wait till it crows or lays an egg basically.

 

[SilkieChickenLover336]

i can tell the sex from day 25....... im usually 85% right...... i just get feelings if it is a boy or girl... i have 2 boys 2 girls

 

[LittleChickenLady]

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Well "he" always runs at your hand and jumps at you when you're filling the food or putting the waterer back in the cage.
I know that they're the hardest to sex, but that's just my gut feeling about it.

 

[awesomefowl]

I sex my Silkies from their legs at 2-3 months. If it's legs are think and its growing spurs its a boy.

 

[Cadjien_De_Louisiane]

yea if your looking for a broody hen just asume get a game hen>>

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I have heard that they can be broody, but is that the only thing that makes them better? If that's the only deciding factor, I probably won't get one. We don't have a rooster, so I don't see the point of having a broody hen.

 

[LittleChickenLady]

I've got two. They're not broody.

 

[LittleChickenLady]