18 Week Old Paint Silkie Gender

[EmmaRainboe]

Looks like a pullet to me.
@LadiesAndJane

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

Looks like a pullet to me.
@LadiesAndJane

I truly hope so my friend!

 

[kurby22]

I also think pullet but @LadiesAndJane and @LynnaePB would know!

My one Silkie started laying right around 7.5 months. The other one (same age) still hasn’t!

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

I also think pullet but @LadiesAndJane and @LynnaePB would know!

My one Silkie started laying right around 7.5 months. The other one (same age) still hasn’t!

28 weeks! Silkies are definitely something else

 

[kurby22]

28 weeks! Silkies are definitely something else

I know! Crazy long wait for those eggs! But they are the most perfect little eggs I just wish the other two would start paying rent too! Lazy birds

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

I know! Crazy long wait for those eggs! But they are the most perfect little eggs I just wish the other two would start paying rent too! Lazy birds

What color are the eggs from the laying pullet? I heard silkies lay pinkish or tinted eggs! So excited for you though! Hopefully mine is a girl too

 

[kurby22]

What color are the eggs from the laying pullet? I heard silkies lay pinkish or tinted eggs! So excited for you though! Hopefully mine is a girl too

They are lightly tinted. The camera doesn’t capture the color well but it’s a light tan with a bit of a pinkish hue. They’re really pretty, look like creamy porcelain! Thanks! I think you are in luck! She sure looks like a pullet to me!

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

They are lightly tinted. The camera doesn’t capture the color well but it’s a light tan with a bit of a pinkish hue. They’re really pretty, look like creamy porcelain! Thanks! I think you are in luck! She sure looks like a pullet to me!

Wow! That's a decent size egg too: I really hope you'd add to that collection soon with the other silkies! Thank you for the positivity my friend

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Pullet

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Hi guys, I've waited SO long to ask this question again as (like you've all said) sexing silkies- especially breeder quality silkies- are notoriously difficult. Can you guys help me out now that s/he has feathered out more?

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Do you know when silkies generally lay eggs or crow? I used to have a serama rooster growing up with my flock that was the same age as her, but she was always top bird. He crowed and she didn't, BUT they used to fight a lot around week 13. Unfortunately I got rid of my little rooster due to city ordinances but my silkie has never crowed despite his removal.

Thanks for the tag, @EmmaRainboe and @kurby22.
Late to the party, but have to agree with everyone else, this little cutie looks like a PULLET.
Mine usually start laying around 7-8 months, though I had one start just under 6 months of age.