How do i tell if my silkies are girls or boys

[onie]

I bought 4 wonderful silkies last week under the impression i had 4 girls.
Now i am not so sure
Can someone please help
Thanks

This is Dina Ross

Tina Turner

Dolly Parton

Are all these girls or is there an Ike or Charles in here
thanks

 

[Magnum_D]

Generally with silkies it is very hard to tell the sex. I've had supposed males before that laid eggs. The only true way is to sex them. Even then it is hard to tell imho. Have you ever sexed a chicken before? If you haven't then I would just let nature take it's tole and see what comes out of it. By the looks of these birds I'd say they are fairly young. I would wait a few months a see which ones crow and which ones lay.
Thanks
Magnum

 

[Elite Silkies]

We need full body pictures. Side shots and face shots.

 

[Thortherooster]

the top one is a dude...for sure...

 

[wdc1952]

The top one is a cockeral while the next 2 are non bearded pullets. Normally the cockeral will have a much wider comb and exhibit are larger set of wattles in comparison to the pullets.

 

[bigdawg]

i have a silkie that i would have bet the farm on, that it was a hen, and last week it crowed. very hard to tell young.

 

[Farmer Benjii]

first i reckon is a rooster
second and third are pullets

 

[Farmer Benjii]

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[allanimals21]

I bought six silkies from a guy 2 years ago. He swore up and down that 5 of them were hens. Needless to say about 5 months later I had 4 crowing "hens" and one rooster. Only one of the six ended up being a hen.

 

[hinkjc]

I would guess #1 is a roo too, due to his wide comb and longer wattles. The other 2 look like pullets to me so far. It does sometimes take longer on silkies than other breeds to tell their gender.