7 week old Silkie cross

[Tailwise]

Yes, yes. I know at this age and for a Silkie cross (Wyandotte mother, Silkie father) it's probably a guessing game, but I only have the one chick, and if it's not a pullet, I'll have to take it to someone else. So far I've been thinking/hoping pullet-- there's no strutting their stuff going on with this one.

Thoughts?

 

[MotherHen75]

Im sorry but it that’s a big comb! i think it’s a young cockerel. He should start crowing soon. He’s so pretty!

 

[AltonaAcres]

I was actually thinking pullet.

 

[AltonaAcres]

Even if it was a cockerel, it probably would not crow for a couple more months.

 

[Tailwise]

I did accidentally attach a picture of my 5-year-old hen when I posted this originally (the rest of the pictures were posted as photos, that one was an attachment), I suspect that might have been the one MotherHen was responding to. My bad!

 

[AltonaAcres]

That makes sense.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

It’s a pullet without a doubt. When you cross a black skinned cock over yellow or white skinned hens you get dermal sex links. This only works with hens who have yellow or white skin and yellow or white legs.
Here are 2 Silkie x Red Sex Links. The one with yellow legs is a cockerel and the one with dark legs is a pullet (well now she’s a hen).

 

[MotherHen75]

I did accidentally attach a picture of my 5-year-old hen when I posted this originally (the rest of the pictures were posted as photos, that one was an attachment), I suspect that might have been the one MotherHen was responding to. My bad!

Yeah.

 

[MotherHen75]

Even if it was a cockerel, it probably would not crow for a couple more months.

I had a cockerel that crowed at 8 weeks. Sounded ridiculous but he got better

 

[Tailwise]

Oh wow if she's sex-linked that's a massive relief. Thank you!