Gender please

[tgodsey]

11 week old. The most docile I have out of the 11 and sadly the only one without a top knot or much of anything really. It’s time for me to depart with a few, I do believe I have roo’s fighting. What am I to do with this sweet silkie. Not a great pic, sorry. Can you tell me anything? This one is my daughter’s favorite because it can be picked up.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Pretty big comb for an 11 wk old... I'd say cockerel.

 

[Gray Farms]

Agreed. That much comb at 11 weeks its very likely a cockerel.

 

[Duck_life]

your daughter is so beautiful! i hope my daughter grows up to love chickens! i would say cockerel do to big comb

 

[Leahs Coop]

x4 Cockerel

 

[HuffleClaw]

x5... that’s a cockerel

 

[tgodsey]

your daughter is so beautiful! i hope my daughter grows up to love chickens! i would say cockerel do to big comb

Thank you! We started this venture for her and she loves it, and so do we. Her favorite chicken is this d’Uccle

Agreed. That much comb at 11 weeks its very likely a cockerel.

I thought so. I got him on March 16 and he may have been a few days old. 12 weeks might be a better guess. I thought Silkies had a walnut comb ?

 

[tgodsey]

Thanks!!

 

[cheekychick3]

Hi and you have beautiful pics, as they show your daughters love she has
for them. And of course vice versa too. lol

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I thought so. I got him on March 16 and he may have been a few days old. 12 weeks might be a better guess. I thought Silkies had a walnut comb ?

Hatchery quality chickens (assuming he's from a hatchery) can have wrong traits for their breed, such as wyandottes having single combs or silkies that lack crests.