Gender/breed question

[Brookie-09]

Hi, this little darling hatched today. Possible fathers are a polish or a silky. Mum is a pure polish. Is this chick a polish? Any ideas on gender? All replies are much appreciated x

 

[cavemanrich]

Chic will look like a Polish ether way. The Hairdo is already pronounced. If the daddy is the Silkie, then the difference is in the feathers.
From the center picture, I am guessing Papa Silkie, and Baby a pullet. Male Polish tend to have slightly different style of Hairdoos. (kind of spiked shaped strands)

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[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

The father is most likely the Polish. I don't see any leg feathering and, while it's hard to tell for sure from any of these pictures, I also don't see any extra toes. Both are dominant traits that Silkies have and so would show up on a first generation cross assuming that the Silkie father has those traits (some poor quality specimens do not, so it would depend on how the Silkie looks to know for sure on that).

Silkie feathering is recessive, so a first generation cross, even if one parent is a Silkie, will not have silkied feathering. You will not be able to tell which rooster is the father simply by that.

I don't have a whole lot of experience with Polish, but I'm pretty sure the hairdo thing is once they feather in and thus you cannot tell at this age from how the crest is shaped. You'll want to wait 6-8 weeks to tell if the chick is male or female, and sometimes it takes a little more time than that on trickier breeds like Polish.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

The father is most likely the Polish. I don't see any leg feathering and, while it's hard to tell for sure from any of these pictures, I also don't see any extra toes. Both are dominant traits that Silkies have and so would show up on a first generation cross assuming that the Silkie father has those traits (some poor quality specimens do not, so it would depend on how the Silkie looks to know for sure on that).

Silkie feathering is recessive, so a first generation cross, even if one parent is a Silkie, will not have silkied feathering. You will not be able to tell which rooster is the father simply by that.

I don't have a whole lot of experience with Polish, but I'm pretty sure the hairdo thing is once they feather in and thus you cannot tell at this age from how the crest is shaped. You'll want to wait 6-8 weeks to tell if the chick is male or female, and sometimes it takes a little more time than that on trickier breeds like Polish.

2x. And for more information: you can sex Polish after they hatch, but it is hard to do without being experienced in doing so and studying how their crest changes as they grow for males and females.

 

[Brookie-09]

The father is most likely the Polish. I don't see any leg feathering and, while it's hard to tell for sure from any of these pictures, I also don't see any extra toes. Both are dominant traits that Silkies have and so would show up on a first generation cross assuming that the Silkie father has those traits (some poor quality specimens do not, so it would depend on how the Silkie looks to know for sure on that).

Silkie feathering is recessive, so a first generation cross, even if one parent is a Silkie, will not have silkied feathering. You will not be able to tell which rooster is the father simply by that.

I don't have a whole lot of experience with Polish, but I'm pretty sure the hairdo thing is once they feather in and thus you cannot tell at this age from how the crest is shaped. You'll want to wait 6-8 weeks to tell if the chick is male or female, and sometimes it takes a little more time than that on trickier breeds like Polish.

 

[Brookie-09]

Thank you for your response, baby does not have any extra toes. The silkie rooster we have does have the extra toes if that helps.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Thank you for your response, baby does not have any extra toes. The silkie rooster we have does have the extra toes if that helps.

A Silkie cannot be a Silkie without the extra toes, so we assumed that yours did.

 

[Brookie-09]

2x. And for more information: you can sex Polish after they hatch, but it is hard to do without being experienced in doing so and studying how their crest changes as they grow for males and females.

I did look at some pictures online

 

[Brookie-09]

Little bubba today

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Little bubba today

I suggest you to wait for six weeks until updating us further. I will call in @BastyPutt, though.