Guess if hen or roo?

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PhoenixPharm

PhoenixPharm

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5 Years
Jul 22, 2014
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Anybody want to take an educated guess what these five are? There are 3 black, one splash and one blue and are approx. 8 weeks now.My guess is all hens except the tiny black one, I think he is a roo. I tried putting them out with my buff orph hen and she pecked the one really hard, feathers went everywhere :( Any suggestions how long to wait to put them together? My adult silkie hen didn't bother much with them but the orph was not happy.













 
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Individual pics would be better. With sexing silkies, cockerels develop streamers as early as three weeks of age, as well as having a much more upright stance than females. Those features are, in my opinion, the easiest in sexing silkies.
 

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