Help with Silkie sexing

murphynhazel12

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Jul 4, 2020
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Posting a new thread to update: here are pictures of my 14 week old silkie "pullet" that I'm starting to think is a cockerel. I need help definitively determining gender because if he is a rooster I need to talk to the seller and replace him.. lol. Yeah I know that she has a single comb and isn't standard too.
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Looks like a cockerel to me, but could change in the next few weeks. Is the bird from a hatchery/feed store or from show quality parentage? If you have other silkies, do this bird stand more straight and upright? Does it "act like a Cockerel"? I'm talking grabbing onto hens necks and not letting go, chasing them around, puff neck feathers and fight with confirmed cockerels.
 
Silkies are really difficult. The comb seems pretty big for 14 weeks, and the fact that it has wattles when bearded birds usually don't get them kind of points to male for me. IDK, it's a close call.
 

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