Male or Female 7 Week Old Silkie

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Feb 20, 2023
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Hi! So I originally dna sexed all of my silkies and supposedly the ones I have now are all female. However, there is one chick I am a bit confused on. She has developed her wattle a bit earlier that the others and has been making odd sounds. It’s not a crow or a chirp, honestly it is in the middle. This is my first time owning chicks and I don’t know how they go about finding their adult voice. She seems to have a slightly larger and a bit more pink comb than the others. Is it possible that she was dna’d wrong or can Silkie pullets appear this way? I know for a fact I sent in my eggshell samples in correctly as they were separated immediately and marked.
I can post better pictures later but the chick in question is Rosita.
 

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Fingers crossed that it still might be female :fl DNA testing usually doesn’t let me down but I guess time will tell.
 
Here’s an updated picture from today though I guess I will find out for sure if it crows in a few more weeks/months
It’s only been about 4 or so days since I took the previous pic I posted above but I figured this might be a better angle and lighting. I can’t remember when it comes to dna testing if it’s more likely to have false males or false females it’s been a while since I have looked into the science of it.
 

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