Gender?

[Cwashelesky]

Yes I do too scan you tell me what to look for I'm new to having chickens but I just love them

The comb looks pretty flat to me I think it's a pretty little hen. But you will know when she gets bigger. Love the bantam breed and silkies, there so fluffy.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

When I look for hens, pull out the wing, if there is two row of feathers that usually means it's a girl. This only works a day on or around a week old. But when the chick is fully feathered, they usually start to get a comb if a boy.

 

[Cwashelesky]

Thank you

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Glad to help.

 

[diamondsilkies]

I've never had great luck with wing sexing silkies. Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes not. Same with the crest growing back vs up. I've even had a rooster that didn't get much of a comb until he was 5 months old.

Silkies are difficult to sex; I've had them for a long time, even bred them for 5 years, and still get one that tricks me every once and a while. My current chicks are 3 months old, and while I have my hunches, I'm still not entirely sure about any of them. Usually, 3 1/2 months is when I know for sure (although I've had some that took even longer).

Around 3 to 3 1/2 months old, you can start looking for any signs of streamer feathers. These are smooth, thin feathers that stick out the back of a silkie rooster's crest. Hen/pullets will generally have much rounder crests. Roosters/cockerels also tend to have taller, arching tails and smoother hackle feathers, as well as darker, larger combs. But my favorite method of sexing is streamer feathers, it tends to be the most accurate.

This is a good photo of typical pullet vs cockerel crest shapes. Pullet is on the left, cockerel on the right (note the feathers sticking out the back of his crest). (Not my image, just a good example I found on the Internet).

I'm not trying to discredit any of the other things that have been said, just trying to share some of my experiences. Hope this helps a little!

 

[Cwashelesky]

I've never had great luck with wing sexing silkies. Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes not. Same with the crest growing back vs up. I've even had a rooster that didn't get much of a comb until he was 5 months old.

Silkies are difficult to sex; I've had them for a long time, even bred them for 5 years, and still get one that tricks me every once and a while. My current chicks are 3 months old, and while I have my hunches, I'm still not entirely sure about any of them. Usually, 3 1/2 months is when I know for sure (although I've had some that took even longer).

Around 3 to 3 1/2 months old, you can start looking for any signs of streamer feathers. These are smooth, thin feathers that stick out the back of a silkie rooster's crest. Hen/pullets will generally have much rounder crests. Roosters/cockerels also tend to have taller, arching tails and smoother hackle feathers, as well as darker, larger combs. But my favorite method of sexing is streamer feathers, it tends to be the most accurate.

This is a good photo of typical pullet vs cockerel crest shapes. Pullet is on the left, cockerel on the right (note the feathers sticking out the back of his crest). (Not my image, just a good example I found on the Internet).

I'm not trying to discredit any of the other things that have been said, just trying to share some of my experiences. Hope this helps a little!

Thank you