First silkie

[Tim79]

 

[Tim79]

What Gender and type Silkie is this?

 

[Tim79]

It is 12 weeks old .

 

[Bigfishbobby]

Looks like a rooster to me. Both of our silkie hens are like low rider cars. If I am right he will fill out well. Ours did.

 

[Debbie292d]

I'm leaning cockerel.

I'd say it's going to be possibly a partridge, or, it's got something else coming out in him. Is it possible it's crossed with some other breed?

 

[Tim79]

Looks like a rooster to me. Both of our silkie hens are like low rider cars. If I am right he will fill out well. Ours did.

that’s what I thought but everyone that I have asked said with silkies the only way to be for sure is if it crows it’s a rooster.

 

[Tim79]

I'm leaning cockerel.

I'd say it's going to be possibly a partridge, or, it's got something else coming out in him. Is it possible it's crossed with some other breed?

He should be pure we got him as a chick from a friend that raises Silkies to go with an orphan bantam chick that was only one to hatch and was the same age .

 

[Bigfishbobby]

that’s what I thought but everyone that I have asked said with silkies the only way to be for sure is if it crows it’s a rooster.

We originally had 5 but 3 were Roos so we got rid of two and kept our favorite. It was tough to tell until they got older for sure. Now it’s super easy to see. Our hens are tiny and low to the ground. Our rooster is bigger, thicker and upright.

 

[Tim79]

We originally had 5 but 3 were Roos so we got rid of two and kept our favorite. It was tough to tell until they got older for sure. Now it’s super easy to see. Our hens are tiny and low to the ground. Our rooster is bigger, thicker and upright.

Thank you ..

 

[Bigfishbobby]

This is Penelope, one of our hens.