Hens or roos?

[Gsdl0v3r]

We grabbed a few fertile eggs from my mother and ended up with three little chicks. We have no idea what breeds they are other than the fact they are mixed .I know it’s probably a little to early to even tell but wouldn’t mind any guesses. They are six weeks old now.

Enyo

Ersa

Eris

 

[21hens-incharge]

Do they all have the extra toe like Enyo?

Very interesting colors!

I know not much help (actually zero help ) but loving those colors.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

With that extra toe, I'm going to say silkie crosses, but that the silkie was a bit back in history.
As for male or female, I suspect enyo to be a cockerel, but I'm not certain if that flushing its due to stress of being picked up or normal.

Give it a couple more weeks and check back in to be sure.

 

[Gsdl0v3r]

Do they all have the extra toe like Enyo?

Very interesting colors!

I know not much help (actually zero help ) but loving those colors.

Enyo has 5 on each foot, Ersa has 4 on one and 5 on the other, and Eris has 4 on each foot

 

[Gsdl0v3r]

With that extra toe, I'm going to say silkie crosses, but that the silkie was a bit back in history.
As for male or female, I suspect enyo to be a cockerel, but I'm not certain if that flushing its due to stress of being picked up or normal.

Give it a couple more weeks and check back in to be sure.

I’m guessing it normal for Enyo, as it’s always the one that comes running to me and jumping into my hands. As for the silkie part, that would have to be their mother since they don’t have any mixed hens laying yet.

 

[ValerieJ]

I'm playing the same guessing game with mine at 6 weeks. Yours look more like pullets than mine do to me. I think we'll know better in a couple weeks, and we'll know for sure when someone crows.

 

[Gsdl0v3r]

At this point we do have another one from her silkies that was a lot easier to tell at 6 weeks. This is him at 6 weeks and 13 weeks.

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

I agree with frazzemrat1.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

At this point we do have another one from her silkies that was a lot easier to tell at 6 weeks. This is him at 6 weeks and 13 weeks.

That adult rooster looks like a d'anvers mix.

 

[Gsdl0v3r]

That adult rooster is a d'anvers mix.

I know for a fact he is actually a silkie serama mix. At the time they only had their silkie hens with their serama rooster.