A pair of 13 and 14 weeks old silkies.. gender?

[MysteryChicken]

Not really... a friend of mine said she can keep them until I find someone who wants them. It is heartbreaking.

At least they'll get a temporary home.

 

[Snowflake83]

I hatched these two pretty girls, about a week, or so ago.
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How do you know they are girls if they are so young? ( I hope you don’t mind me asking)

 

[MysteryChicken]

How do you know they are girls if they are so young? ( I hope you don’t mind me asking)

The partridge one I can tell by it's markings, & the white one I wing feather sexed.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Anymore questions?

 

[Snowflake83]

Anymore questions?

Thank you for your replies.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you for your replies.

You're welcome.

 

[Mylied]

I don't see what mysterychicken is seeing. They look like pullets. Here's my roughly 3 1/2 - 4 month old cockerel. Notice the comb and streamers on his head. The random stray feathers.

 

[Mylied]

The partridge one I can tell by it's markings, & the white one I wing feather sexed.

How do the markings show it's a female? And I've not heard of wing sexing working on silkies. In fact, I have yet to see a breed it does work on. It's supposed to be a trait specifically bred for in certain breeds.

 

[Matilda Belle]

How do the markings show it's a female? And I've not heard of wing sexing working on silkies. In fact, I have yet to see a breed it does work on. It's supposed to be a trait specifically bred for in certain breeds.

You can’t color sex partridges until maybe 2-4 months old. Mystery has made this bizarre claim he/she can sex Silkie chicks for awhile, and it’s just not true. There is no way to sex Silkie chicks other than a dna test.

 

[MysteryChicken]

How do the markings show it's a female? And I've not heard of wing sexing working on silkies. In fact, I have yet to see a breed it does work on. It's supposed to be a trait specifically bred for in certain breeds.

The partridge color pattern is sexable, like the wild type pattern.
Females being darker then males.

I always sex my silkies by wings, & haven't been wrong yet.