2 day old Silkie sexing

RaisingChicks101

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I know, I know it’s hard to sex silkies at this age of any chicken for that matter. We got 2 silkies yesterday and have been spending so much time with them. We can tell they are going to the most loving birds but, our city does not allow roosters. These chicks are straight run and we have never had silkies before. We were hoping for at least one female. I watched a video that said wing shape, face shape and posture is a good way to try to sex the silkies. I have attached each chicks back profile, natural posture and faces. Does anyone have any gender guesses?
 

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I know, I know it’s hard to sex silkies at this age of any chicken for that matter. We got 2 silkies yesterday and have been spending so much time with them. We can tell they are going to the most loving birds but, our city does not allow roosters. These chicks are straight run and we have never had silkies before. We were hoping for at least one female. I watched a video that said wing shape, face shape and posture is a good way to try to sex the silkies. I have attached each chicks back profile, natural posture and faces. Does anyone have any gender guesses?
They're gold partridge silkies.

I can sex them by wing feather buds.
 
My suggestion is that if you really want to make sure you dont get a rooster, get them DNA sexed, its only $20 per chick and can get results by the next day, that way you know now before you get attached and ect
 
Can you tell the sex of silkie chicks by wing feathers? I didn't think that works for silkie chicks
 

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