Hi guys, i NEED know what Sex/Gender my Chinese Silkie is.

[eeiko321]

HI everyone

Ive never experienced Silkies before. We just received this Silkie yesterday evening from a show-breeder whom gave it away, due to it being the reject/ugly duckling.

Anyhow, residing in Sydney, Australia. We cannot keep roosters in suburban residential areas.

I have read through alot of online Sexing threads and articles...
but being a Newbie myself, i still cant tell.
some say look for: Fluffy furr, Jawly bits, steamers on its head etc etc.

being the first time having one and seeing one in the flesh...they all kinda look the same?!

lastly, some people call it "jawly" bit...but dont all chickens have wattles?! of course Roosters have longer and larger ones....

hmmmm
can someone shed some light here?
its apparently a "Teenager" which im guessing 3 - 4 months?

because, unfortunately if its a rooster......its gotta go..........

let me know if you need more pictures guys
thanks

 

[PurpleChicken]

Roo. Sorry.

I'd say he's about 11 weeks old.

 

[mrsengeseth]

I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but it looks rooster to me...

 

[elliemay0305]

roosters have spurs! but as far as i know roosters (silkies) anyway dont crow! i think they are pretty quiet so maybe you could keep it. no body has to know and i think its a pretty silkie!

 

[eeiko321]

Quote:
oh ok
what was the method you used to distinguish?

because looking at some Hen pictures...
some have wattles aswell

hmm

 

[PurpleChicken]

Silkie roos crow like crazy. They have little bird syndrome.

It takes at least a year for spurs to start growing.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Prominent comb and wattles at that age is indicative of a roo... sorry.

 

[PurpleChicken]

The wattles and comb development say it's a roo. Pic #1 looks like
a roo posture. The rest look like a hen or young roo. Silkies vary
and are difficult to sex. I could be wrong but am 90% sure it's a roo.

If it was more than 20 weeks old I'd say hen.

 

[TheDuckCrew]

i was going to say hen but i'm a newbie and pretty bad at silkies. so with everyone else saying rooster, then i'm probably wrong. you could always lie and say its a hen. no one would know. buy some chicken eggs from the store and say the hen is "laying" them. it would be a pretty talented rooster if it could "lay" eggs. haha!

 

[PurpleChicken]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

Prominent comb and wattles at that age is indicative of a roo... sorry.

Exactly.​