I can sex your pullets and cockerels!

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Is my dozy a girl?

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How old is it? Could you get a standing side picture? Could you get a clear picture of the comb?

Hi thank you for offering to help! We are brand new to raising silkie chickens. A family friend had too many chicks and offered 3 to us. We were told the black one was male and the other 2 were female. But after they've grown and doing some research I'm beginning to think the buff one is male and the other 2 are female. Also we aren't sure what their ages are. Any advice would be great. Thanks!

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I'm not the best at sexing silkies, but that buff really looks like a roo.

Would appreciate some thoughts on my Polish. Sold to me from a breeder as a "candy corn"

This girl (I hope!) is very dominant, and has pretty decently red wattles, but her v comb is very pale like her legs. Approximately 12-14 weeks old at this point.
Lovely plumage, I think! But I already have a rooster, and I don't think my small flock could handle two boys.
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I'm not seeing the typical saddle feathers or hackle feathers roosters are supposed to have... but this is my first flock and first Polish.
Thank you!

Cockerel

 

[chicks are life]

For the Polish
You may be able to keep him if its a male
What breed is your roo
How many hens do you have
What breeds are they?

 

[Madness]

Thank you both! Yeah as the buff has gotten older, the feathers have gotten fancier and stringier . Plus it looks like it's getting a comb

 

[cme.schub]

These are about 7 weeks. I have some notions about sex, but I want to see what others say
Chick 1

Chick 1

Chick 1

Chick 2

Chick 2

 

[chicks are life]

Chick one: male HUGE comb for a young chick

Chick two: female not that big of a comb

 

[BluChick]

For the Polish
You may be able to keep him if its a male
What breed is your roo
How many hens do you have
What breeds are they?

Thanks so much for your help, both of you!

I have a mixed barnyard lot... 9 in total, including the one I'm 99% certain is a Roo and the Polish. Everyone is between 12-14 weeks old (got them all the same week, the Silkies were older is all I was told; though about the same size as the standard breed chicks)

2 Goldlace Bantam Wyandottes - pullets
1 Easter Egger pullet
1 Sicilian Buttercup pullet
2 Silkies - one looks pullet with a feminine coif bob, the other not sure yet - about 13-14 weeks old
1 Silverlace Wyandotte that's definitely pullet
1 Silverlace Wyandotte that's most likely Roo (he's large and developed with obvious hackle and Saddle feathers as well as the over-representation of white)
And my Polish - who is likely male

I'd love to be able to keep them all! But if the questionable silkie is male too, that makes 6 hens for 3 Roos. Silver Lace male is definitely staying. So if only one Roo, he's my boy. If two can stay, it's a hard call for me, lol I'm attached to them all pretty well

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

These are about 7 weeks. I have some notions about sex, but I want to see what others say
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Chick 2
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They're still pretty young, but I'm gonna guess cockerel on chick 1. Please post again in a couple weeks.

 

[chicks are life]

Polish are more submissive so it !may work to keep him/her and the wyandotte

 

[chicks are life]

As long as there is not over breeding

 

[Ethan Gray]

Would appreciate some thoughts on my Polish. Sold to me from a breeder as a "candy corn"

This girl (I hope!) is very dominant, and has pretty decently red wattles, but her v comb is very pale like her legs. Approximately 12-14 weeks old at this point.
Lovely plumage, I think! But I already have a rooster, and I don't think my small flock could handle two boys.
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I'm not seeing the typical saddle feathers or hackle feathers roosters are supposed to have... but this is my first flock and first Polish.
Thank you!

Seems like a cockerel to me.
Look at the wattles!