Can anyone guess the genders of the Silkies!? (For fun! šŸ˜)

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Lemon-Drop

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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. Iā€™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 canā€™t wait to see who is who! Black one weighs 30 grams, blue weighs 30, and partridge weighs 29...letā€™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. Weā€™ll see!
 
Random guess but I like guessing, will be ONE female, and two males.
Of course! Which ones?

I donā€™t know if Iā€™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 arenā€™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 & Iā€™m trying to decide if they are bantam or standard but looking at your weights, Iā€™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! Iā€™m going to compare my pics to yours now and guess on yours! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜œ
 

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