Guess what i just got🤭!!!!!

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

go for it!

Yay!
Well, the easiest way to do it is wait to see if they crow or lay eggs. But if you don’t want to wait, I can give you a bit of information from what I can tell.
I would say that #3 is a rooster and the rest are hens.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Sooooo after a LONG wait, I finally got three beautiful 3.5 month old silkie chicks! Two of them are partridge, and one I'm not sure, so any suggestions about that re very welcome! MASSIVE thank you to @MysteryChicken and @ikoCRO (Also honorable mentions to @JacinLarkwell @ChickenCanoe and @Amer ) thank you for helping me! Now, here are my two questions. I would like to know the sex of these three chicks, yes I know it's really hard to tell at this age, but if anyone has any ideas I would gladly appreciate it, if not, well, let's just say I'm used to waiting. Now my second question. We will be expecting a week where things are going to get pretty cold, dropping to 0C° (around 32F I believe) at night at its coldest day, and up to 4C° (around 40F I believe) during the day. Will these 3.5 month olds be able to handle that kind of weather? The will have a sheltered area of course free from drafts, with bedding, but I still worry about them a lot. Anyways, here they areView attachment 3393419

You have 2 partridge, & a Birchen. I believe all maybe pullets, but comb pictures of all 3 will confirm this

At the temperatures you got, I'd acclimate them slowly.

 

[fluffycrow]

Thank you @MysteryChicken ! Ha won't that be a fun one instead of having my regular no hen luck, this time I have no roosters! As for the comb, I'll try to get pictures tomorrow, it's dark outside right now. As for the slow acclimation, I believe the seller kept them outside, and they live in a part of Grece where it gets much colder

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you @MysteryChicken ! Ha won't that be a fun one instead of having my regular no hen luck, this time I have no roosters! As for the comb, I'll try to get pictures tomorrow, it's dark outside right now. As for the slow acclimation, I believe the seller kept them outside, and they live in a part of Grece where it gets much colder

Okay.

 

[fluffycrow]

Okay.

Also this just proves how bad I am at sexing silkies, I thought I had three roos! So would the be okay temperature wise, or should I try and get them a source of heat, just in case?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Also this just proves how bad I am at sexing silkies, I thought I had three roos! So would the be okay temperature wise, or should I try and get them a source of heat, just in case?

A thick bedding layer, like straw should get them through. That's all I do. If you think a heat source is necessary, you can.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sooooo after a LONG wait, I finally got three beautiful 3.5 month old silkie chicks! Two of them are partridge, and one I'm not sure, so any suggestions about that re very welcome! MASSIVE thank you to @MysteryChicken and @ikoCRO (Also honorable mentions to @JacinLarkwell @ChickenCanoe and @Amer ) thank you for helping me! Now, here are my two questions. I would like to know the sex of these three chicks, yes I know it's really hard to tell at this age, but if anyone has any ideas I would gladly appreciate it, if not, well, let's just say I'm used to waiting. Now my second question. We will be expecting a week where things are going to get pretty cold, dropping to 0C° (around 32F I believe) at night at its coldest day, and up to 4C° (around 40F I believe) during the day. Will these 3.5 month olds be able to handle that kind of weather? The will have a sheltered area of course free from drafts, with bedding, but I still worry about them a lot. Anyways, here they areView attachment 3393419

Based on my own colors i have and what ive seen, top is likely male and bottom two are likely female. If the partridge gets bright pepper/copper red feathers though, it's male.

That's a educated guess though, I could very well be wrong about the partridge and the top one, but the wing patch on the top makes me see male

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yay!
Well, the easiest way to do it is wait to see if they crow or lay eggs. But if you don’t want to wait, I can give you a bit of information from what I can tell.
I would say that #3 is a rooster and the rest are hens.

Pretty sure 3 is female specific colored. Never seen a male anything with bronze necklacing

 

[fluffycrow]

Pretty sure 3 is female specific colored. Never seen a male anything with bronze necklacing

That's exactly what I thought, but I'm no silkie expert!

 

[fluffycrow]

A thick bedding layer, like straw should get them through. That's all I do. If you think a heat source is necessary, you can.

Yes that's exactly what they'll have, a thick bedding layer, and a nice shelter away from wind and rain (if they're smart enough to go in it that is)