Confirm the sex of these 2 silkies please!

[huckleberryfarm]

I have a partridge silkie hen that is pretty aggressive too. She will poke at chickens twice her size. I wonder if that's something with the color? My other silkies are not like that at all!

I think Jethro is a boy. I have no silkie hens with wattles and combs like that. Ellie Mae looks like a hen. I have several silkie males including two that never crow and they are 8 months old! I think some of them are just content to hang out.

 

[gritsar]

This bums me out so much. I soooo wanted Jethro to be the hen.

 

[kentuckysilkies]

I think both are pullets.

 

[gritsar]

Well I performed a very un-scientific experiment today. You know how when you hold a hen, then set her down and she shakes off? I remember being told that this was the mechanism by which a hen moves the roosters sperm to her infundibulum to await eggs to fertilize.
Well I picked up Ellie and loved on him/her and when I set her down, she shook off. When I did the same to Jethro he/she did not shake off. I could have skewed my results though since Jethro was already on the roost and ready to sleep when I picked him up.
My rooster and cockerel never shake off after I've held them.
I'm going to try it again tomorrow with Jethro, during the daytime, just out of curiosity.

 

[gritsar]

Well I performed my little experiment again today, this time with Jethro. He/she did shake off after I held him, patting him on the back, etc.

Just to sure, I held both of my roo and my cockerel, several times. When I set them back down, neither one shook off.

I'm still holding out hope.