12 week-old silkies - thought boys before but now? (update post 12!)

[technodoll]

OK, these two have me fooled...

I was convinced they were both boys when they were younger, as I'm normally pretty good at sexing my (pet quality) silkies early on...

But now, at 12 weeks of age I'm struggling to see streamers or a pronounced comb

They still make little baby peeping noises and I've not seen any boyish behaviors so far, but none that are feminine either - the other silkie that hatched with these two is from different parents, she's a partridge, smaller and makes definite girly noises - even squats for me since 8 weeks of age!! But these two grey ones... mystery.

So. Boys or girls?

Chick 1 - light grey (or is there a name for this color?)

Same Chick 1:

Same Chick 1:

Same Chick 1:

Same Chick 1:

And now Chick 2, darker grey... or is this blue?

This one always has food stuck in the poof, looks like dreadlocks! LOL

Same Chick 2:

Same Chick 2:

Same Chick 2:

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINIONS!

 

[awesomefowl]

I think #1 is girl, #2 is a boy.

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

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Yes

 

[technodoll]

Woohoo! Happy to at least have one more girl in the flock

What makes you think Chick 2 is a boy, is it the big dirty crest?

I don't see any streamers in the back and the comb is the same size on both chicks...

Just looking to get educated on sexing silkies

 

[technodoll]

bumping for more opinions - thanks!

 

[silkie101]

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Yes

i think its #1 is a boy and #2 is a boy

 

[technodoll]

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Yes

i think its #1 is a boy and #2 is a boy

what makes you say that?

 

[technodoll]

bumping again as i really want the silkie experts to chime in on this one pleeease

 

[awesomefowl]

Well, #1 doesn't have any streamers and HER

feet look skinny, and #2 has big streamers.

 

[littlestars17]

I think they are both girls!! My boys ahve much bigger combs at that age and the poof on number 2 just looks girly to me