![]() KeithAnother update: New research seems to point to the idea that stressed hens will hatch out more females than males. Needless to say, out of 18 eggs, 8 hatched and it turns out all 8 are ROOSTERS. In contrast, a hen can only grow between 8 to 12 inches. On average, a male silkie can grow up to 14 inches tall. I did have issues with humidity at first but in about 2 days it got better but never actually stayed in the sweet spot. The male silkie is also taller and heavier than the female silkie. The temps in the incubator were about 3-5 degrees cooler than they were supposed to be, (I forget off hand the temp). I put them into my incubator and away we went. I kept them in my basement for 3 days (longer might make a difference). I collected 18 eggs about a day or 2 old, picked the roundest ones I could find. I didn't get the results I was expecting. I emailed you once before to find out how all hen hatching went for you, and you couldn't remember. Has anyone else tried this method? If so, I would love to hear your results! I'll be interested to see what my male/female ratio ends up being out of the eight chicks I hatched.Īlthough all eight that I set did hatch, so unless they were all female eggs, I'm thinking either they weren't stored for long enough at a low enough temperature or the incubator temperature needs to be lowered for the entire incubation period. I also did lower the incubator temperature a bit for the first few days of the incubation period. But both male and female birds will have five toes rather than the usual four. Silkie hens will have shorter and thin legs than their male counterparts. This makes them look even bigger and thicker. Since I ordered my hatching eggs while the temperatures were still cold here in Maine, I wouldn't be surprised if they got down to around 40 degrees at some point during their journey. The combs and wattles lobes of skin that hang from a chicken’s head of a male silkie generally will be larger than the females at a fairly early age. The male birds also have feathers covered over their feet. Discover videos related to male silkie vs female silkie on TikTok. ![]() I really find this kind of information fascinating. And think of it this way, if you do have a rooster in your flock and eat your chickens' eggs, you're likely eating both hens- and roosters-to-be every day. Male Silkies will stand far more upright than female Silkies. They develop spurs around 6 months of age. A male Silkie’s legs are thicker and have more feathers. Roosters are usually a little heavier and larger. It's clearly far more humane to just not even let the eggs hatch than hatch out unwanted roosters. At adult age, there is a clear size difference between the Silkie hens and Silkie roosters. So you'll likely have a lower overall hatch rate, but what you do hatch should be a higher percentage of females.Regardless of your views on when life starts and all that, it's a sad fact that most roosters don't meet a good end in life.Įven those people who keep roosters in their flock don't keep an even number of roosters and hens, not even close, so poor roosters are pretty much doomed from the start.
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