Half silkie mix genders

[Florencehb]

Hello! I've got two 12 week old half silkies and I'm having a bit of a hard time telling which gender they are. I've heard that you can tell which gender based of skin colour but I'm not too sure if that's reliable, any help with determining the genders would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Hello! I've got two 12 week old half silkies and I'm having a bit of a hard time telling which gender they are. I've heard that you can tell which gender based of skin colour but I'm not too sure if that's reliable, any help with determining the genders would be greatly appreciated.View attachment 3381436

I think both female

 

[Cloverr39]

I agree that both look like pullets.

You can tell with skin color only if the father is a silkie and mother is a light skinned breed. Then females will have black skin and males will have light skin. And it's been accurate with my silkie mixes so far, but mine were all female. I'll hatch some more of that cross in a couple months and be able to really test that method of telling genders.

 

[JedJackson]

The one in back is a pullet. I'm slightly suspicious of the one in front because of the brighter color at its shoulders. A picture of its comb would help.

 

[Florencehb]

I agree that both look like pullets.

You can tell with skin color only if the father is a silkie and mother is a light skinned breed. Then females will have black skin and males will have light skin. And it's been accurate with my silkie mixes so far, but mine were all female. I'll hatch some more of that cross in a couple months and be able to really test that method of telling genders.

I thought that might be the case, My rooster is a silkie and all my hens are light skinned, the only thing is when the chicken in the front hatched it had light skin and a day later it turned dark, maybe it could be male but I'm not sure

 

[Florencehb]

The one in back is a pullet. I'm slightly suspicious of the one in front because of the brighter color at its shoulders. A picture of its comb would help.

I can't get a very good photo of its comb but here is a pic of it