10 week old partridge silkie.

[ozu]

10 weeks old- click for bigger sizes of course.





























She's a pullet right? Oh god if she's not I am gunna be heartbroken and curse myself for buying her D:
I'm so afraid I made a bad decision in getting her. Her name was Desiree, but it'll be Sunflower now.

 

[Wyandottes7]

Yes, she's definitely a pullet!

 

[ozu]

Yes, she's definitely a pullet!

Thank you for your response! Makes me feel a lot better having responses <3

 

[chickita12]

Yes, she is a pullet - a really pretty one! Good Luck with her!!!

 

[appps]

Is 10 weeks old enough to sex? My rooster with a bit of partridge in him still looked normal at that age. The colour change didn't hit till a bit later and then it was a very dramatic change.

 

[nursemkt]

A beautiful pullet!!!!

 

[ozu]

Yes, she is a pullet - a really pretty one! Good Luck with her!!!

Thank you!
I think she's really pretty too- a lot of people were interested in her but I had first choice since I expressed interest first! She's sooo sweet. So different in temperament compared to my cockerels.​

Is 10 weeks old enough to sex? My rooster with a bit of partridge in him still looked normal at that age. The colour change didn't hit till a bit later and then it was a very dramatic change.

I think it depends on the silkie and where they come from because my white silkie, I noticed before 8 weeks that he was a boy (and then he crowed at 8 weeks)... took me until 9-10 weeks to realize my splash was a rooster, because he started crowing. Still a bit confused on my blue/black at 12-13 weeks but that's because he has a tiny, non-existent comb, no streamers, but a rooster-like tail and such. So it seems to vary.... Some people don't know until they get an egg! (I wonder why silkies are so difficult...)

Silkies are sososo hard to sex.. but Sunflower has an incredibly different temperament, walks very differently, no chest-bumping or anything with my other two. She never "fights back" if they peck her. She has no streamers... I'm thinking pullet like everyone else- it's just nice to get some opinions as well She was the only one in the group of silkies I had to choose from that I was fairly confident (as confident as I can be at this age) sex-wise. All the others, I couldn't tell at ALL.​

A beautiful pullet!!!!

Thanks! Glad to think you think so as well ​

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[ClucksAndPeeps]

Pullet!

 

[ozu]

Pullet!

Yay! I am so glad this seems to be the general consensus! Such a relief after ending up with three boy silkies haha!​

 

[appps]

It was more the colour I meant was it too early. Its a partridge silkie and can be colour sexed so if male will start getting the red gold on the breast and back. Mine didn't colour up till I think 14-16 weeks I thought.