Sexing 2 8 week old silkies

[maribameche]

I need help sexing my 2 silkies. They were both born May 10th. I have one OEGB rooster and I've heard you can only have 2 Roos in one flock. I think the black one (Jimi Henchicks lol) is a cockerel but I'm not sure on the white one (fluffy, my daughter named it and got really creative lol) but I suspect pullet. Please help me

 

[Wyandottes7]

The white one looks like a pullet and the black one definitely looks more like a cockerel. It is a little too early to be certain, however.

 

[LilJoe]

They both looked like pullets until I saw the black one's comb...
some hens can have big combs in silkies too...

But too young to tell...post back when they are 10-12 weeks or so plz..

 

[Mylied]

X2 on white being a pullet and black a cockerel, but still early to be certain.

 

[LilJoe]

Also you can have more than two roos in a flock..

If you get too many roos @RoostersAreAwesome has a great article on rooster flocks!

 

[maribameche]

Thank you guys so much! I definitely will post more pictures in a couple weeks to see if there are any changes

 

[summerb123]

The black one is a cockerel

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

x2

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Also you can have more than two roos in a flock..

If you get too many roos @RoostersAreAwesome has a great article on rooster flocks!

Here's the article I made on rooster flocks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/

 

[maribameche]

Here's article I made on rooster flocks: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/

Thank you! I actually have a hen that's bullying my 2 silkies right now lol the rooster hasn't tried to fight them much but does show dominance but one of my RIR hens will chase them around and peck at them/ pull feathers. I've had them in a run in my backyard with the other chickens running around the rest of the backyard for a month but every time I let the silkies out, Kentucky gets all aggressive and feisty towards them