Am I a silkie.. and am I a hen?

[Tandrae87]

A bearded silkie about 5 months looks right.

Can’t help you with sex though. But a straight head on face shot of your silkie will help the other expert chicken sexers

Thank you. I will try to get one today!

 

[Tandrae87]

Here's our Silver Sebright at about 5 months. She just started layimg last week. She surprised us, so we didn't even have a nest box set up for her yet.

I don't have a good recent pic of our Gold pullet (same age), but will try to get one and post it later today.

She is gorgeous! I agree 5 montha didn't seem right as they both were much smaller then I expected!

I didn't realize they layed so young! I better get myself ready, I am so excited for my first egg!

 

[BunnyEberhart]

This is my silkie at 5 weeks, it looks much closer to yours. Amd her at 5 months. She is 7 months now and laying tiny eggs. ^_^

 

[JadeFarms]

Those are more like 5 or 6 weeks. The Sebright is a girl and the silkie is too young to know.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The silkie looks more like a 7-8 weeks old. Can't really tell how big the bird is, so I'm only estimating the age.
Yes it looks like a pullet though.

I always sex my silkies.
Mine, & my sister's partridge silkies at 4½ - 5 weeks old.
They're sexed as pullets.

 

[Tandrae87]

Faceshot.. i am bummed if they are that young. I took the risk on gender thinking if they were 5 months it was a pretty good guess about being hens.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Faceshot.. i am bummed if they are that young. I took the risk on gender thinking if they were 5 months it was a pretty good guess about being hens.

Looks like a pullet, the comb is slim.

 

[TxChickieFan]

Had our gold Sebright in the background on a pic taken 7/24, so she's about 4 months old in this pic.

She's a tiny thing (one of our smallest birds), but had most of her adult feathers at this point.

 

[Mother of Chicks]

Definitely silkie - and looking like a pullet at the moment too. I have 4 month old silkies and 6.5 month old silkie pullets - this one looks younger than my 4mo ones but that might just be a genetics thing. Lovely birds

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

Yes to the silkie, and a strong probably to the pullet. She’s too young to be sure, but it’s looking that way at this point. I also think the sebright is a hen