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

    I'm no expert, have one Silkie and som Silkie mix, which is a whole new issue! The bird is also young, so lots of room for error! I would think from the picture Blue Belle is Blue Boy! The crown has a swept back appearance and the comb is pretty prominent. The legs are pretty thick as well...
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    8 1/2 week Barred Rock pullet or cockerel?????

    Legs are whitish pink with a wash. I'll post more pictures in a couple weeks. Marans wouldn't upset me, roo will, tho! Lol attached another picture of legs. Dusk lighting so truer color.
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    8 1/2 week Barred Rock pullet or cockerel?????

    Ok, so thinking cockerel due to color and tail appearance but not quite sure due to small flesh colored comb and no wattles at all. Opinions please?!?
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    How old is this baby? If 4 months or more I'd say probably pullet. The crest tends to sweep back more in a cockerel. However, it's hard to tell especially with no pics of back of the head to see if there are streamers beginning, and not knowing the age. Another note, I am no expert, so don't go...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    Help with the partridge, white and black? I know the barred one is a roo [/quote Leaning towards pullet for partridge and roo for the white. Are they full breed Silkie?
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    I have had this issue with my quest for a Marans chicken! First one was a roo, second one was taken by a hawk in broad daylight, only found a pile of feathers, and last one was a roo! I give up!!! Not meant to have a Marans, I guess! I wish you better luck than I have had! My Silkie roo is the...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    It's very hard to tell from the pictures, can't see the combs on the Silkie chicks, but the one in the middle is almost definitely Silkie cross and cockerel. I have raised a few Silkie cross from my flock and first generation mixes always have the feathered legs and five toes. If they are the...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    If less than 4 months old, I'm leaning toward roo as well, comb is pronounced and developed and has that receding hairline going on! Lol! I am no expert tho, and only have one full blooded Silkie myself, so don't go by my opinion. I am a newbie myself, but it's fun to try to tell the...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    At 4 months, could very well be a hen. At 4 months mine definitely had more comb and was trying to crow. Mine is definitely a roo and has sired many babies, but still sits in the nest box with the girls while they are laying and sings the egg song with them. Please make sure you update us...
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    How old? I'm thinking cockerel because of the way crest is swept back but I'm no expert by any stretch! Also the tail has a slight curve to it. Again, I'm no expert!!! Wait for a crow or an egg, that's how I figured out what mine was.
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    Barred Plymouth Rock - pullet or cockerel?

    so what was the outcome? Hen or roo? I have a 2.5 week baby that hubby thinks is cockerel but I think is pullet. Barring is pretty defined but dark color as opposed to the lighter gray of the roosters and just beginning to see signs of a comb.
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    Thank you everyone for all your help! While Ivan is a beautiful roo, he is a roo nonetheless and must be rehomed! :(. I have a silkie roo who is great with my girls so I want to leave well enough alone! My Dusty roo is special needs, he almost died of wry neck as a 3 week old baby so I can't...
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    Cream legbar hen or roo?

    I just got this legbar a week or so ago and store said hen but we all know there is a margin of error so I wanted to get your opinions. I believe chick to be about 4-6 weeks. I know they are auto sexing breed but again, from store not breeder so here are pics!
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    I'm in Florida. We are about done building our flock so it will be a few years before we do now, but when we replace our girls after they stop laying, I will go to a private farm and order 5 pullets and hopefully wind up with one hen! Lol We are about maxed out on room for now as you can't...
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    Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

    :( I'm so sad! Giving up on Marans I think! :(
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