Can anyone guess the genders of the Silkies!? (For fun! 😁)

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Just wanted to do this for fun! I have 3 silkie chicks. They are very young (less than a week, I think.)
One is partridge, one is black, and one is blue. I’d love to hear you opinions! I know their are a lot of fun little ā€œpossibleā€ techniques for guessing silkies. Like poof shape, weight, size, leg feather amounts, etc. I can’t wait to see who is who! Black one weighs 30 grams, blue weighs 30, and partridge weighs 29...let’s see if anyone can guess correctly before we know for sure! Whoever guesses correctly gets bragging rights once we know...probably be a few months! šŸ˜…
Let the guessing begin!
 

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Update:
Black (thinking poppy/Stella for ā€œherā€: 35 grams
Blue/pebbles: 35 grams
Partridge/Nutmeg: 31 grams.

Not sure this whole weight thing is accurate. We’ll see!
 
Random guess but I like guessing, will be ONE female, and two males.
Of course! Which ones?

I don’t know if I’ll keep a cockerel... ideally I would have 2 new silkies (female) but if I can convince my sister to keep a cockerel... but then I would only keep 1 cockerel because 2 cockerels to 14 hens seems like to much IMO.
 
Today:
Black: 39
Partridge: 36
Blue: 35
any updated guesses?
 

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Update:
Eclipse (black) weighs 76 grams
Nutmeg (partridge) weighs 70 grams
Pebbles (blue) weighs 73 grams.

Currently leaning:
Black: cockerel
Blue: unsure
Partridge: pullet.
Pictures aren’t very good but you can see that Eclipse (black) is already getting a comb.

Luckily I may be able to keep a cockerel or two... having 13-14 pullets, do you think two cockerels would be too many?
 

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My 2 were hatched on May 9 & I’m trying to decide if they are bantam or standard but looking at your weights, I’m thinking standard! Mine are 81g and 85g & I did week by week photos
day 1 & 2
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Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
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maybe we can help each other! I’m going to compare my pics to yours now and guess on yours! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜œ
 

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