Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

[ashtree]

This is my silkie chicken. Its about 8weeks old. Do u think it is a rooster or hen?? Any help would be great, thanks

Looks like a cockerel to me.

 

[MI55TR355]

Omelet is a too roght?

 

[MI55TR355]

 

[henrietta101]

I'd love some help.

This is niamh. She is only 1.5 weeks ago

Yes 

This is sleepy

This is rihanna

This is annabelle

This is smokey

 

[henrietta101]

I should have written what sex do you think they are. I am scared I've got almost all Roos.

 

[ashtree]

I should have written what sex do you think they are. I am scared I've got almost all Roos.

They are way too young to even guess. Trust me! Maybe try when they're about 8 weeks old. But even then it's just guessing unless there are obvious cockerels. Good luck! They're very cute

 

[codieshell]

hen or rooster it's 4 months old I have a lady that what a rooster I don't wanna sell if it's a hen

 

[chwychuro]

So I just picked up 4 silkies. I originally went for 3 but one ended up being a rooster for sure (his comb was starting to come in and he was fighting with our known silkie rooster). So they let me keep him and picked up another hen. I had looked it up and tried this thing where you put a thin magnet attached to a string and hold it over their head, if it spins in a clockwise motion it is a girl vs. if it moves in a motion from head to tail its a boy. So I tried this and according to that, I should have 3 girls (2 lavenders, one white) and one boy (not including the rooster I already have thats crowing) . I've attached photos just to make sure. Also from their antics, the Lavender male has been doing the tidbitting with the other females and they do come and check out what they have. Our original male rooster silkie is all white, so we can tell the difference. And the white one only picked a fight with the lavender male, didn't bother the other silkies. So I feel like its safe to assume that I've got 3 silkie females and two silkie roosters. Still not too sure what were going to do with so many roosters, but we do have other chickens, they're just standard sized though....



One on the very left is the male... I think



The white one I think is a female.



Same white one






And our original Male white silkie who just finished crowing.

 

[kellyloveschad]

Can anyone help with mine



Rooster

Hen??

Hen??

Know clue

90% sure a hen

 

[luckynat]

Hi everyone I was wondering if you could help me sex these 3 month old silkies. My guess is the one on the left is a Roo and the one on the right is a Hen what do you think?









Hen? ^^^^^


Rooster?^^^^^^^