MissyC2012
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So this is an update from my "Sexing Silkie Chickens 4 Months Old" thread from May. My babies are almost 7 months old now. Puddin (the darker larger one) not only makes crowing noises, but she also lays eggs. I have never had a hen who did both. She is also fairly aggressive when she is broody with babies. We had a fox attack last month and she ended up hatching 3 baby Australorp chicks. She will fly up out of the pen and peck you if you even try to touch them right now and they are almost a week old.
Muffin (the taller silver one), however, is still a mystery. He/She does not lay eggs, does not crow, and is the most laid back bird I have ever seen. We have some 3 week old Australorp and Barred Rock chicks that survived the attack that Muffin has decided belong to him/her, so they sleep together at night and play together during the day. However, the 1 week old baby chicks are often picked up by their wing and tossed by Muffin's beak, so I am at a total loss. Any ideas as to whether we have a male or female? Or how soon we might know for sure?
Muffin (the taller silver one), however, is still a mystery. He/She does not lay eggs, does not crow, and is the most laid back bird I have ever seen. We have some 3 week old Australorp and Barred Rock chicks that survived the attack that Muffin has decided belong to him/her, so they sleep together at night and play together during the day. However, the 1 week old baby chicks are often picked up by their wing and tossed by Muffin's beak, so I am at a total loss. Any ideas as to whether we have a male or female? Or how soon we might know for sure?