Help sexing 12 week old chicks!

#2, #3, #5, #6, and #7 are cockerels and the rest appear to be pullets so far.

Since some of the chicks are silkied, and silky feathering is a recessive gene, that means that both of the parent chickens are probably half silkie.
 
Thanks again for the replies, and for help identifying the father! We were given him by a friend of ours and had no idea what breed he was. Are you sure about the mother? i'd never thought of her as a Silkie as she has mostly normal feathers (though she is incredibly fluffy underneath). Saying that, I've only ever seen Silkie in pictures so my expertise is limited somewhat :D

Edit: After a bit of quick research, I've stumbled across a breed called a Sulmtaler which bares a remarkable resemblance to the mother, and is the closest match I've found so far. A reference image I found is here:
sulmtaler-wheaten-gold.jpg

Could this be part of her ancestry? I know she's not a purebreed, and her mother looks quite different, but the resemblance in this image is uncanny.
 
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