12+ week old Silkie Gender - please help

Jul 6, 2018
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I'm brand new to silkies and just recently bought 4. I have two 3+ month old chicks (one black, one white) and a 6+ week old splash chick. The partridge (not pictured) doesn't show any signs of gender at all IMO. What gender do you think these guys are are? I think I have at least 2 roos. Here's hoping the other two are girls. Thanks!
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Thank you! Unfortunately, I think the partridge (not pictured) is a roo too. I caught him and the splash chest bumping a few minutes ago :/
 
What I've noticed is every rooster I've ever had tends to step on the other chicks, I've only seen it in roosters. But I know with silkies the females have a more round bob on their head when the males start to get streamy feathers and it kind of looked like that was starting with the splash but it's pretty young to see. The black one definitely looks like he or she has the streams but I've never had a silly so I could be wrong
 
Good looking birds I've got a few hens and had a rooster silkie, great birds. I would guess black def a roo wattle and feathers, white with blue a pullet and a real guess the splash a roo too. I found our too was very bossy and would be first to eat even very early on.
 

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