8 week old silkie hen or roo

[pointsalamander]

So this is my little partridge pair they are nearly 8 weeks old now. The dark headed one I'm 100% sure is a hen. Its the little darker red/orange one that I'm debating. The color says rooster to me, but my last silkie rooster from the same breeder had a HUGE comb by this age and this one has barely any. It doesn't act like a hen but doesn't act like a rooster either. There are no roosters currently at my place so no behavior differences from that. I know I really need to wait another 2 months but I was hoping for other early opinions....

 

[CaramelKittey]

Hi!
Very pretty silkies! I love the colors!
As for gender, *he* is a lot than the other silkie chick which shows that he could be a rooster. He also appears to have streamers growing. I would say that he is a cockerel. He is very handsome though! I love the red coloring!

 

[danceswithronin]

I think the big one MIGHT be a cockerel, but I'm hesitant to say one way or the other because I thought I had 50-50 pullets and cockerels in my silkie straight run and didn't figure out they were all pullets until about 7-8 months old.

 

[Matilda Belle]

i think they may both be hens.