Are these Silkies roosters?

[Thedogsbark]

Hello. We have tried time and time again to get two more hens to add to our limit of four. Out of the original four, we ended up with two hens and two roosters. After a bunch of tracking, we found Silkies. Both turned out to be roosters, and the person we got them from sold his whole business before we could get new ones. We found two more Silkies, and got them. The lady we got them from said that they were fifteen weeks old. This was about three weeks ago, so that would make them eighteen weeks. I personally don't think they were fifteen weeks when we got them. They were awfully small and didn't have many feathers to be fifteen weeks, especially the smaller of the two. So I'm not one hundred percent sure exactly how old they are, but they're at least six weeks.

She said based on their combs and how they walked, she thought one was a rooster and one was a hen. She didn't want one of them to be left alone, so we took a chance and got both. Here are some pictures of them standing and their combs.

The smaller of the two - Marshmallow. I personally suspect this one to be a rooster.

The bigger - Fluff. I'm not too sure on this one. I think it could go either way. However, when I was taking pictures, I had gotten the little one out first. After a minute or two of them not being able to see each other, they both started calling for each other. Which is normal for them to do. This time, however, the bigger one started to cluck. I haven't had personal experience with hens calling to their young or clucking when about to lay an egg since our hens haven't started laying yet, but that's what it sounded like to me. It sounded like the clucking a hen would make to call for her young. As far as I know, roosters don't really cluck, or make a noise that sounds as much like a cluck as that. Do/can roosters cluck to call to their hens?

Neither have attempted to crow as far as I'm aware. They still make little chick peeping sounds, except for the clucking Fluff was making when separated from Marshmallow. Any predictions are appreciated! I'm not experience when it comes to telling a rooster from a hen, but I suspected the last two Silkies we had were roosters, and these two seem to be beginning to look the way they did.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The smaller one is most likely a cockerel
And the other one appears to be a pullet. Good luck.

 

[drumstick diva]

How old are they? Both look like cockerels to be. Though I would like to see the larger one facing forward to see the full exent of comb.

 

[annageckos]

I know next to nothing about silkies, but I'd guess both are cockerels.

 

[JedJackson]

If they were purebred I would say you definitely have two cockerels there, but there are signs of mixing in these birds that complicates matters. One even has a single comb. So I'd lean cockerel for both but I think you are going to have to wait until you get eggs or crowing to tell for sure.

 

[Thedogsbark]

The lady that I got them from claimed they were fifteen weeks old. That was roughly three weeks ago. So if they were the age she said they were, they'd be eighteen weeks. I personally don't think they were as old as she claimed though.

Here are some pictures of the bigger one facing the camera.

Thank you for all the comments everyone! I suspected that the little one was indeed a cockerel like all of you are saying.

 

[annageckos]

I completely overlooked that the first one has a single comb. Were they sold as purebred? Do silkies sometimes throw single combs?

 

[JedJackson]

I completely overlooked that the first one has a single comb. Were they sold as purebred? Do silkies sometimes throw single combs?

Not often if they do. These birds have good coloring all around but the type seems off to me. The bodies are longer and leaner than usual and the necks especially. Not very profuse feathering, either. I think they are at least 16 weeks old if not older. And I'm pretty sure bother are male. Not 100%, but those combs are big.

 

[sourland]

Both are cockerels.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Agree, two cockerels. Roosters can 'cluck' as you called it. I wouldnt personally call it that, but they do that when a cat runs through them, or they are afraid,or see something disturbing.