Silkie pullet or roo??

[Nichole1984]

Hi everyone, this is my 14 week old silkie. Had been thinking this was a pullet up until about a week ago. Now I'm questioning myself. Is this a roo??

 

[Debbie292d]

It's still a little early to be positive, but look at the wattles it has. Hens get some too but not this early. It also looks like a wider comb than hens have, which might develop into the walnut silkie roos have. Plus, those tail feathers are roosterish.

He sure is pretty though. Is that called a splash or a silver partridge? I have one similar I never know what it is lol.

 

[Nichole1984]

It's still a little early to be positive, but look at the wattles it has. Hens get some too but not this early. It also looks like a wider comb than hens have, which might develop into the walnut silkie roos have. Plus, those tail feathers are roosterish.

He sure is pretty though. Is that called a splash or a silver partridge? I have one similar I never know what it is lol.

Thank you for your reply. As far as I know it's called a splash.... (please , anyone correct me if I'm wrong!)

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you for your reply. As far as I know it's called a splash.... (please , anyone correct me if I'm wrong!)

I call mine a splash too but when I've posted pictures of her, one person said she's a silver partridge. I don't know about that though.

 

[HappyHippyChick]

Positive Male ~ This appears he is in the making of a rooster. Some feathers on the head are longer than the other feathers. This would definitely indicate that this is male. The hens will have a round head top with no extra feathers sticking out.

 

[HappyHippyChick]

He doesn't appear to be exactly splash, but I am not familiar with all of these colors as in silver and what not.

 

[Cloverr39]

He's a cockerel. He doesn't quite look splash. Do you know what color his parents were? I'm not sure if he's silver partridge either. If he is then he's probably not a very good one. I'd call it a mixed color. Probably just a mess that has a lot of things going on. Doesnt mean he isn't quite pretty though! I've had chicks from mixed color parents come out looking like this when there was no way for the parents to produce splash.

 

[HappyHippyChick]

Yes indeed I cannot tell about the color. It seems many people are crossing colors and I don't know anything about the silver patterns. I used to have black, white, blue and splash with silkies. Right now I am starting again some silkies. I have white and black now. Looking to order a dozen eggs very soon and what they are saying is a mixture of black, white, blue, splash and paint. Hm, that oughta be interesting.

 

[Nichole1984]

Thank you everyone for your responses.... as for parents. I have no idea. I bought fertile eggs off someone.