6 week old Polish and Silkie gender?

[Jerusa]

I don't see anything screaming cockerel on any of them at this point, so my bet is still that they're both pullets.
They're very nice looking birds!

That's great news! And thank you!

 

[Jerusa]

I'm still not sure on the silkie. They do take time to sex and it really sometimes can be until adulthood that you can distinguish them. Continue posting updated pics and we'll try to help you as best we can!

Alrighty, sounds good Thank you for the continued feedback!
I will post more pics in a few weeks

 

[Jerusa]

I'm back with updated pics!
I didn't mean to wait so long, haha, but they are now 14 weeks old!

And at this point, I'm still not sure myself, but my polish has a very dominate personality and she will even challenge my collie and tends to bully her silkie sibling by controlling where they go and pushing them around. Yet she is flighty and always runs when I try and grab her, and I see no wattle or comb growth...
And then my silkie is the complete opposite in personality with very chill mannerisms, shows zero dominance, isn't flighty or skittish, doesn't run when I go to pick her up, but her sounds are reminding of a rooster perhaps (nothing close to crowing tho) and she seems to sometimes do a partial flirt like silkie roosters do with a droopy wing and noises. But no wattle growth and the comb is still pretty small.
So confusing at this point lol.

I appreciate any feedback!!

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Man! This silkie is confusing! As far as comb and wattles go, it would be a girl, but when you look at stance and tail feathers I lean towards a boy. I guess you just may have to wait for a crow or an egg on this one!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I personally have never seen the drop wing dance behavior in a female bird. So if this one is exhibiting this kind of behavior I’d have to go with cockerel. Your Polish does indeed look female.

 

[Jerusa]

Man! This silkie is confusing! As far as comb and wattles go, it would be a girl, but when you look at stance and tail feathers I lean towards a boy. I guess you just may have to wait for a crow or an egg on this one!

My thoughts exactly! It's sure throwing me for a loop lol. I've read that if a male is bearded, it can result in delaying wattle growth but surely at 14 weeks you'd think something would be showing
Guess we shall see!

 

[Jerusa]

I personally have never seen the drop wing dance behavior in a female bird. So if this one is exhibiting this kind of behavior I’d have to go with cockerel. Your Polish does indeed look female.

Same here! That's why for a brief time I was sure the silkie had to be a cockerel...yet he/she only showed a hint of doing it a couple times and hasn't done it since.
And thanks for the feedback on my polish! I'm thinking female as well, besides for how dominate she tends to be

 

[Jerusa]

Hey everyone!! I'm back for an update! It's been a while...
So the verdict for Daisy the silkie is that she is a hen! Yay She has been laying small perfect eggs for a couple weeks now.
Now for my polish... I'm confident she is a hen as well since she has no comb showing and only has tiny red wattles but she has yet to lay any eggs so far. They both are nearly 8 months now.

I will update again with a pic of my polish when I know for certain

Update: thought I'd just add a pic of Peridot now. She definitely looks like a hen... right?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Hey everyone!! I'm back for an update! It's been a while...
So the verdict for Daisy the silkie is that she is a hen! Yay She has been laying small perfect eggs for a couple weeks now.
Now for my polish... I'm confident she is a hen as well since she has no comb showing and only has tiny red wattles but she has yet to lay any eggs so far. They both are nearly 8 months now.

I will update again with a pic of my polish when I know for certain

Update: thought I'd just add a pic of Peridot now. She definitely looks like a hen... right?

Beautiful pullets!!

 

[Jerusa]

Beautiful pullets!!

Thank you!! They have the cutest personalities too