20 Week Old Paint Silkie Gender Identity Issues

[FatChicksDigMe]

Hi guys, I have posted about this particular silkie before and I seemingly had already established that it is female with some of your amazingly kind (and helpful!) wisdom. However, I am still perplexed because "she" is not crowing, but is starting to look a but masculine imo. "She" also bites my hand or feet very hard if I'm near her, which I think means it wants treats but is pretty aggressive.

Can we reevaluate "her" gender?! I know silkies are notoriously difficult to sex but I'm getting tired at this point tbh.

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

@PippinTheChicken @LadiesAndJane @MysteryChicken @EmmaRainboe

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Thanks for the tag, FCDM!
Are those sickles I see? Hard to tell.
Are there smooth feathers on the tail?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Read this and tell me what you can find.

Pippin's easy guide to silkie sexing

Hello there! When I hatched my own silkies, I studied and studied about how to sex them. I read that it was almost impossible to sex them, and that you had to wait for a crow or an egg. Raising and watching them helped me pick out certain traits that only belong to roosters or hens. These...

• PippinTheChicken
• Sep 2, 2021
• 4.50 star(s) 14 ratings
• Comments: 25
• Reviews: 10
• Category: Learning Center

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Look at its feet, does it have spur buds?

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

Read this and tell me what you can find.

Pippin's easy guide to silkie sexing

Hello there! When I hatched my own silkies, I studied and studied about how to sex them. I read that it was almost impossible to sex them, and that you had to wait for a crow or an egg. Raising and watching them helped me pick out certain traits that only belong to roosters or hens. These...

• PippinTheChicken
• Sep 2, 2021
• 4.50 star(s) 14 ratings
• Comments: 25
• Reviews: 10
• Category: Learning Center

She is so confusing because there are features of both Male and Female in her. She is top hen, first to eat food, but she is older than the other girls by a week or two. Also I don't really see hackles or sickles but she is kinda tall and gives masculine energy

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Look at its feet, does it have spur buds?

This wouldn't matter. Both genders have spur buds.

 

[Chookchicken]

Cockerel. I see the start of streamers.

 

[Little Baby Bean]

Cockerel. I see the start of streamers.

That's what I was thinking too.