Hens or Roosters?

[aoxa]

Did you post the same thing twice? The first one is still a rooster in my opinion. The second two look like pullets to me. Research sexing silkies. It will definitely help you out!

ETA: My silkie rooster is suprisingly quiet. He crows only in the morning so far, unless there is construction going on. He doesn't even crow when the children next door are screaming! He did get upset when one of the children interrupted his crowing this AM with a crow of their own.

 

[PoultryQueen29]

Yeah I did have a topic about this before but I put up this one with better pictures.

I just can't risk someone hearing one crow and making me get rid of all my chicks. Thanks for the advice!

 

[foxypoproxy]

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If its grabbing the head feathers then i DEFINITELY say its a roo!
When they are trying to figure out how to mate they will either try to jump on their backs or grab their head feathers, till they find out they have to do both at the same time

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[PoultryQueen29]

Aww. Ok...i'd better look into giving it back to the breeder. It would be better to get rid of "him" before the first crow. I'll wait for a little while though and maybe send a picture of him to the guy running the farm for his opinion.

 

[foxypoproxy]

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Sorry

, hes a pretty one too

 

[hdowden]

1st and last pics look like roos...the feathers on the top of their heads arent round like i have seen in all hens. i could be wrong though dont know about silkies that well..How to Distinguish if a Silky Bantam Chick is Male or Female

Look at the feathers on the chick's head. Males tend to have feathers that stand upright and curve towards the back, while the female head feathers tend to form in a rounded feather puff.

Look at the comb when it develops within two to three weeks of the chick's birth. a male will have a larger comb than a female.

Males are significantly larger than females, and this can be obvious a few days after hatching. This isn't considered a certain method of sexing though because you may just have a large female or a small male. It's also a poor method if you are trying to compare chicks from two different genetic lines.

Listen for crowing. The chicks will start losing the fluffly baby feathers around four of five months. At that time a male silkie will start attempting to crow.

Look at the saddle feathers just before the tail and the hackle feathers on the neck. These feathers will be long and sharp on a male and gently rounded on a female.


i am almost 100% sure you have 2 roos and 1 hen

 

[PoultryQueen29]

Most people are saying my blue is a roo and my splash and white are hens

Well it is hard to tell. I think the best thing to do is wait for crowing. Thanks for the answer!

 

[PoultryQueen29]

My black silkie is now chasing both my white and splash silkie. I think my white silkie is too big for it though so it mostly goes after the splash.

 

[PoultryQueen29]

I went to see my chickens yesterday and my blue one stood up tall and made this weird screeching noise. Maybe trying to crow???

 

[hdowden]

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If its grabbing the head feathers then i DEFINITELY say its a roo!
When they are trying to figure out how to mate they will either try to jump on their backs or grab their head feathers, till they find out they have to do both at the same time

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my hens do that all the time within the pecking order and you can see the order change all the time