Can you guys sex my 8 week old silkie?

[Elite Silkies]

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How? Just curious.

They mature faster, they lay earlier. Pet quality cockerels usually start getting their combs alot earlier than better quality birds.

 

[kingdr85]

I am guessing boy - I've been able to tell the boys from the girls by comparing them to the other chicks (same age). The boys always had bigger features (bigger eyes, bigger beak, bigger face) and were always more agile than the females.

 

[FMAFarms]

Silkies are impossible to sex using the "Japanese method" used by hatcheries and many breeders because of their black/mulberry skin, which camouflages the boy parts. Eight weeks is still way too young to tell. At about four to five months, the males will start showing a teensie bit of comb underneath their head fluff. The females rarely will show a comb. Sorry to tell you it's just a waiting game when it comes to these lovely little birds!

 

[SilkieCanada]

Is the behavior just a myth or is there anything factual about that? I mean being able to sex based on behavior?

 

[Elite Silkies]

I wouldn't try and determine sex of a silkie based on their behavior. Silkie girls will also spar with each other. It's just the way they find their pecking order.

 

[SilkieCanada]

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the bird in the pics I posted chased away my 2 year old silkie today lol.

 

[BooeyBird]

My silkie crowed at six weeks! Now he is eight weeks and crows everyday. Will try to get pics. So sad it's a roo