I have 3 little young Silkies. When we got them as chicks we thought we had 2 Grey and 1 Black(we obviously know very little about this breed :/) Now they all 3 look grey. They are adorable fluffy little lovies. I would love if they were all hens. BUT I am thinking I may have at least one roo. This little one is picking on my little Bantam Cochin so he is suspected of being a little crower. So how is it that one would be able to tell the difference? One of them has a fluffy crested head, so its hard to see anything on that little one. I am going to get my helpers to assist my in taking more pics so I can compare and hopefully figure this out.
My 3 Silkies
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the one in the picture above looks like a cockerel
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Ugh! Not good! That brings my roo count all together to 5. 
Its not fun trying to decide who is going to have to go.
Its not fun trying to decide who is going to have to go.
i would keep him and wait until he is older maybe he will suprise you and be a she, but I have a pretty strong feeling it is a he.They can be tricky to sex.
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Yes they do seem to be slower to mature than the other breeds I have and have had.
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I'm afraid I suspect the two you have posted are little boys! The third one with the puff is likely a hen if you can't see any comb going on!
Heres my silkie hen and roo at 10 weeks old. Little Rusty crowed for me a couple weeks later!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/773378/sexing-my-silkies-this-one-could-be-easy
Heres my silkie hen and roo at 10 weeks old. Little Rusty crowed for me a couple weeks later!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/773378/sexing-my-silkies-this-one-could-be-easy
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But as with the above post. You might as well hang on to them til they crow...cause you may find yourself waiting for it until they lay an egg! 
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Thanks. Both pics I posted above are of the same little one. I will try to get good pics of the other 2 tomorrow. Yours are very cute.
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I will add that purchase date for these babies was March 21. So that puts them at about 13 weeks. I THOUGHT that the above pictured little one crowed the other day. (The name his girl has given him is "Pouf") But its kind of hard to tell with the little Cochin in the same house and plus 3 other roos sounding off as well. It really seems like as soon as I come out the back door they feel the need to talk to me by crowing. They are all proud of their new found voices.
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