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newchickenmom02

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Hi everyone!

I am a new chicken mom and have raised 4 “sexed silkies” from Rural King. Only one of them is definitely a silkie and the rest I think are cochins? I think 2 are “red” and one is white. So, I am pretty sure I have some cockerels in the mix. They are 5 months old now and no signs of crowing or eggs. I don’t want to seperate if not needed, but I need help knowing if I need to start trying to find homes for the roos now. Pictures are also so hard to get of them, so I apologize! Between the two “reds”, one has a much more prominent comb and wattles. Can anyone help sex these for me and maybe confirm my cochin self-identification? Thank you so much in advance!
 

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newchickenmom02 said:
noooooo I was hoping the silkie and white one I would be able to keep. I though because the silkie had a neat top knot it might be a girl :(
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I was looking at not only the hairdo, but the tail. Look at that one's tail compared to your other white one. I also see what look to be hackles.

However, if these are really 5 mos old, it should be trying to crow by now, so perhaps it's not. But silkies by 5 months can be absolutely sexed. Maybe get us some better pictures of their combs would help.
 
Debbie292d said:
I was looking at not only the hairdo, but the tail. Look at that one's tail compared to your other white one. I also see what look to be hackles.

However, if these are really 5 mos old, it should be trying to crow by now, so perhaps it's not. But silkies by 5 months can be absolutely sexed. Maybe get us some better pictures of their combs would help.
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Debbie292d said:
I was looking at not only the hairdo, but the tail. Look at that one's tail compared to your other white one. I also see what look to be hackles.

However, if these are really 5 mos old, it should be trying to crow by now, so perhaps it's not. But silkies by 5 months can be absolutely sexed. Maybe get us some better pictures of their combs would help.
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I can definitely see what you’re talking about now with the tail, still not so sure on the hackles. I’ll get better pictures in the daylight tomorrow of their combs. I just had a middle of the night panic that I needed to find the roosters homes lol. Thanks for the help! :)
 
Tookie said:
Hello, and welcome to BYC! We're glad you joined us. :frow:welcome

I'm no expert on Silkies but I'm going to say female...I could be wrong though.
The others are definitely Cochins, and at 5 months old they all look to be girls to me.
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Thank you for the welcome! For their age and size, do you think they’re bantam cochins? Also, you made my night for the moment, because I just want hope that I don’t have to rehome anyone.
 
newchickenmom02 said:
Thank you for the welcome! For their age and size, do you think they’re bantam cochins? Also, you made my night for the moment, because I just want hope that I don’t have to rehome anyone.
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I do think they're bantams, they would probably be bigger by now.
I'm fairly certain all the Cochins are girls. Oh! I just remembered, at around 12-ish weeks in males male specific feathering should be coming in. Since your birds are a bit past that age I would expect a male to have male specific feathering by now. I don't see any of that male feathering which would confirm the Cochins are all girls.
 

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