5 week old Silkie, plz say it’s a girl!

[Cyprus]

Wow, that's pretty risky!

Maybe but I'm still calling it as a cockerel

 

[BirdieandFifi]

Maybe but I'm still calling it as a cockerel

Ugh! Not one person has said pullet and it sounds like you know a lot about the breed. Guess I need to rip off the bandaid and admit she’s a he!

Thanks

 

[2 many chickens]

Looks like a boy...
My silkie boy looked like that at that age.
I Could be wrong though!

 

[Cyprus]

Ugh! Not one person has said pullet and it sounds like you know a lot about the breed. Guess I need to rip off the bandaid and admit she’s a he!

Thanks

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news
I do know a lot about the breed but that's not to say I know everything.

 

[Cyprus]

@BirdieandFifi Where are you located?

 

[L1sa]

It is a Roo, sorry, no mistaking that one.

Here is my white Silkie for comparison. If you look down the pile of chickens in this first picture, the white one - Roo, the partridge one - Roo, the little dark one - pullet. She is smaller, has smaller legs and virtually no comb to speak of at this age.

This is him at 5 weeks

This is him at 7

 

[BirdieandFifi]

@BirdieandFifi Where are you located?

Southern California. Corona to be exact

 

[Cyprus]

Southern California. Corona to be exact

Gotcha. Here's to hoping I am wrong about your silkie

 

[BirdieandFifi]

It is a Roo, sorry, no mistaking that one.

Here is my white Silkie for comparison. If you look down the pile of chickens in this first picture, the white one - Roo, the partridge one - Roo, the little dark one - pullet. She is smaller, has smaller legs and virtually no comb to speak of at this age.

This is him at 5 weeks
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This is him at 7
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Thanks for the comparison. Fifi’s Comb isn’t raised and is smooth. But the “receding beakline”is like your little guys. But I agree that they look like twins at this age! Would a female have a rounder head fluff by now?

 

[Cyprus]

Thanks for the comparison. Fifi’s Comb isn’t raised and is smooth. But the “receding beakline”is like your little guys. But I agree that they look like twins at this age! Would a female have a rounder head fluff by now?

Yes, a female would