Thanks for your replies...came home tonight from a few days away and he/she came right up to me to get held, stayed in my arms forever, happy as a clam. LOL. lowered to the ground and did not even jump off!
jeez. I really hope I can keep whoever it is! Yes, bigger than the rest, but has a peacomb, so hard to say if it's larger? just starting to redden. no spurs. also I noticed today that some feathers have that green/blue irridescence..is that only in roosters?
I was told they were ameracaunas, but I know that sometimes that just means Easter Eggers...
Mary
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, PiranhaFem@... wrote:
>
> One of my Silkie babies started crowing at about 8-9 weeks. He is still
> pretty sweet and friendly, although one of the others is looking like a
> cockerel too, and although he hasn't crowed yet, he is getting very aggressive.
> :-( It seems funny to me that the larger, crowing cockerel is less
> aggressive than the smaller, non-crowing cockerel. They both have huge combs and
> wattles. The third Silkie is half the size of the big boy, with almost no
> comb or wattles, so I have high hopes she's a pullet, although she hasn't
> laid an egg yet so the jury is still out! They are only about 4 months old.
>
> Is your sweet one larger than the others? Longer legs, bigger feet? More
> comb development? If so, chances are extremely high he's a cockerel and
> not a crowing hen.
>
> Maureen and the girls at the
> Rowdy Girls Ranch
> Marana, AZ
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