Help sexing silkies?

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

Like everyone, it seems, I don't know (for sure)what gender my silkies are. I suspect the black one is female due to her size and demeanor, while the white one acts more like a roo. Am I right?


Here is Yin

And Yang (AKA the Muppet princess)

 

[gocrow77]

Both look like ladies to me - I don't see a comb to speak of on either of them. How old are they?

 

[Hotttmommi]

I was thinking both girls too from what i was told about mine.

 

[feather leg farms]

I have 14+ silkies. They look like hens from what I see. I have both.

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

They will be four months old next week. Yin, the white one, is starting to develop a comb.

 

[silkiechicken]

4 months, no crowing, I don't see streamers, a comb developing means eggs soon.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The white is a cockerel.

Silkies do not lay as early as 4 months...try 8 months to a year or longer.

 

[silkiechicken]

It can depend on line. Judging by the feathering, they look to be pet quality, and at least from pet quality stocks I've had, they laid at 5 months.

 

[onthespot]

The white one looks like it has the barest beginning of streamers in the back, and sorta has the "Fabio" thing going on in his hackles already. Am I the only one that thinks his hackles look suspiciously luxurious already?

 

[Smoky73]

I also think that the white is a male and the black a female. I can see streamers on the back of his head, though not a lot.