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post #11 of 17

8/17/12 at 8:54am

aoxa

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Originally Posted by hdowden

i have never seen a difference in beaks and i have silkies outside that i do know the genders of and their beaks look the same as any other beak

Check out the silkies breeding genetics and showing thread. It explains the difference. It definitely works for me!

Girl beak

Boy beak

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8/17/12 at 10:39am

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That's interesting, how old do they have to be till you can tell by the beak?

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8/17/12 at 10:42am

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That's interesting, how old do they have to be till you can tell by the beak?

That's a good question.. I wouldn't sex them 100% by the beak, but along with other signs it seems to be pretty accurate.

Here is the same girl I posted above at 5 weeks old or so. You can see she still has the girl shape at this age.. I'll go back further.

Can't find any images of the girl younger that you can properly see the profile of the beak, but I did find one of my boy @ 2 weeks

Edited by aoxa - 8/17/12 at 10:50am

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8/17/12 at 1:38pm

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wow, you peeps are amazing! Thank you! Are they known to purr? My silkies make a purring noise and I was wondering if I was losing my mind or not, lol.

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8/17/12 at 5:48pm

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wow, you peeps are amazing! Thank you! Are they known to purr? My silkies make a purring noise and I was wondering if I was losing my mind or not, lol.

Oh yes they definitely do! Maybe they are 1/2 cat

Would explain all the fluff

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Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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8/18/12 at 12:36am

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Do silkie hens have wattles when they are younger? I have found that all of my silkies which grew wattles around 10-12 weeks went on to become cockerells! Not sureif this is always the case and may be helpful for you to use this (once someone clever confirms as I don't know!)