8 week old silkie chicks

[Silkie Princess]

Hi! I currently have 9 silkie chicks ages 7-8 weeks. Is it possible to determine gender at this age? 5 of them are partridge and 4 are white. Thanks!

Chick 1


Chick 2

Chick 3

Chick 4

Chick 5

Chick 6

Chick 7

Chick 8

Chick 9

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I'm not a silkie expert but here is what I would say and I'm probably wrong:
Chick 1: hen
Chick 2:roo?
Chick 3:roo?
Chick 4:roo?
Chick 5: hen?
Chick 6: hen?
Chick 7: hen?
Chick 8: roo?
Chick 9: hen?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi! I currently have 9 silkie chicks ages 7-8 weeks. Is it possible to determine gender at this age? 5 of them are partridge and 4 are white. Thanks!

Chick 1

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Chick 2
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Chick 3
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Chick 4
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Chick 5
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Chick 6
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Chick 7
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Chick 8
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Chick 9
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Chick #1. Pullet

Chick #2. Pullet

Chick #5. Pullet

Chick #7. Pullet

Chick #9. Pullet.


I just went with the partridge silkies.
For a better determination on the Whites, comb pictures will help.

 

[Silkie Princess]

Chick #1. Pullet

Chick #2. Pullet

Chick #5. Pullet

Chick #7. Pullet

Chick #9. Pullet.


I just went with the partridge silkies.
For a better determination on the Whites, comb pictures will help.

Thank you for the help. I'm not sure #5 is a pullet. He is on top of the pecking order. Is it possible that he is a pullet?

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

With all mine all the ones that have been top of the pecking order and fight and peck each other when their chicks have always Benn roos (unless there's no roos at all which usually isn't the case).

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Silkies Princess what breed are the chicks in your profile picture?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you for the help. I'm not sure #5 is a pullet. He is on top of the pecking order. Is it possible that he is a pullet?

Yes, mine can be very bossy as chicks. So, you can have bossy pullets if the mother is bossy. The majority we hatch from one specific hen inherits her Fit Throwing, when picked up, thing.

 

[MysteryChicken]

A couple of our Blue Partridge Pullets. Their mother was a white silkie.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

What was their dad?

 

[MysteryChicken]

What was their dad?

The Father was a Blue Partridge.