A hen or a rooster?

[Chickelodeon]

Hello everyone is my silkie a hen or a rooster

 

[ChickNanny13]

Age?
Silkies are so difficult ... Looks pullet to me yet there's alot of comb.

 

[Tiana's chickens]

Hard to tell, I'm leaning towards roo

 

[Hihamburger]

I am going to say that's a cockerel. Looks like the comb and wattle are quite large. Also, I believe I see streamers developing, which indicates male.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm on the pullet side, unless its much younger than it looks. If its over a few months old, I say pullet. If just a couple months old, I say cockerel.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

That's a non bearded cockerel... in MY experience... age though?

My experience means I have seen huge variation in the size of comb and waddles in different lines. The beard gene is a waddle diminish-or... So yours being non bearded will make them appear bigger.

I disagree about seeing streamers on the head... and that shape LOOKS female at THIS point.

AND I feel like in pic # one I *might* be seeing long, flowing, pointy saddle feathers... they are hard to distinguish in Silkies... but once you get familiar, it's a tad easier.

In MY line... I would say cockerel... NONE of hens or pullets sport combs, lobes, or waddles that big. Not knowing the line, makes it a lot harder to give a true educated guess.

Reedley, Ca?! I used to live in the central valley and hit up the taco truck in Reedley in our way home from target hunting in the hills.

Sorry all I did was add to your confusion. I'm not dead set on cockerel yet. Behavior is a good indicator, and I'm hopeful for pullet for you!

Also... cockerel or pullet is the accurate term before one year old.

 

[Chickelodeon]

Age?
Silkies are so difficult ... Looks pullet to me yet there's alot of comb.

about 7-8 months and i just caught him crowing for the first time lol

 

[ChickNanny13]

Comb made me think cockerel but the head feathering made me think pullet Only guaranteed way to sex is sometimes waiting to see which happens first ... the crow or the egg

 

[WVduckchick]

Comb made me think cockerel but the head feathering made me think pullet Only guaranteed way to sex is sometimes waiting to see which happens first ... the crow or the egg

Until they crow one day.... and lay an egg the next!

 

[Chickelodeon]

That's a non bearded cockerel... in MY experience... age though?

My experience means I have seen huge variation in the size of comb and waddles in different lines. The beard gene is a waddle diminish-or... So yours being non bearded will make them appear bigger.

I disagree about seeing streamers on the head... and that shape LOOKS female at THIS point.

AND I feel like in pic # one I *might* be seeing long, flowing, pointy saddle feathers... they are hard to distinguish in Silkies... but once you get familiar, it's a tad easier.

In MY line... I would say cockerel... NONE of hens or pullets sport combs, lobes, or waddles that big. Not knowing the line, makes it a lot harder to give a true educated guess.

Reedley, Ca?! I used to live in the central valley and hit up the taco truck in Reedley in our way home from target hunting in the hills.

Sorry all I did was add to your confusion. I'm not dead set on cockerel yet. Behavior is a good indicator, and I'm hopeful for pullet for you!

Also... cockerel or pullet is the accurate term before one year old.

I heard him crow today for the first time