Almost 4 month old Silkies... pullets or cockerels?

Yes...the one with the small wattles and a Mohawk is male.
The second "Mohawk" bird is questionable.
The pom pom is a girl.

Dominant females don't crow as young pullets. That is almost always an older hen who is going through "henopause" and can sometimes get enough androgen hormones to trigger male characteristics.

So I agree 1 male, 1 female, and one wait for it.

LofMc

The second mohawk is now much more of a pompom. I don't see any wattles whatsoever on her(?) either. Fingers crossed that it is a pullet. I wanted a little roo, but only one.
 
Funny to see this thread over a year and a half later. I forgot to update, oops. I definitely have a Jack, Janet, and Chrissy. Jack fathered 4 chicks this year (and 1 that didn't survive after hatching). Janet hatched out 2 of the surviving 4 chicks. Chrissy has only been broody once, so far, but I didn't let her hatch any. Actually, both of the Silkie girls have only been broody once this year. I'm about to post some pictures of Jack's chicks, who will be 11 weeks old tomorrow... or is it 12 weeks 🤔 ...in another thread here in the gender forum. I'm 99% sure they're all pretty little pullets! Two are from my Salmon Faverolle girls and two are from my Austra White girls. Here is the proud boy with some of his girls.
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