Help please!

[Oisin]

I want to buy these silkies and black minocra's but I don't know what gender they are

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[oldhenlikesdogs]

Silkies are hard to sex until they get a bit older, but I do see some that do look thicker in the legs. One Minorca has a crest, so they aren't purebred, that one looks more female.

 

[Oisin]

Thanks for the reply. What about the other birds does there look to be more females than males??

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

The one in front looks male, the others I can't quite see combs. How old are they?

 

[drumstick diva]

Yes, how old are they? I think I see a few silkie cockerels but, if they are just hatchery stock that would explain some small crests etc.

 

[Oisin]

The mix of coloured silkies are 10 weeks
The black minocra's are 7 weeks
The group of partridge are 7 weeks

But if u could point out how I would know the roosters from the hens that would be great

I don't think there hatchery birds there are none where I live I think the person just breeds them and sells them on as chicks