Is my silkie a girl?

[Flocking]

Hi! I just wanted to know if my silkie is a hen or a cockerel? It's very sweet and doesn't crow.. It loves to be petted and is always around me when I'm in the coop. Is a pic needed? I'm new to chickens and I don't know what all I should include thanks in advance!

 

[Pyxis]

A pic would be needed, and silkies are really hard to sex visually, so you might not actually be able to tell until it either crows or lays an egg

 

[Flocking]

Lol yup! Here's a pic:

Lol it's face is dirty cause it's been eating watermelon

 

[Pyxis]

Can you get a profile shot? For silkies the early tell is whether they have streamers coming off the back of the crest. How old is it?

 

[BantamLover21]

I'm thinking pullet.

 

[MadamPoofyBrow]

I've gotta say cockerel. The pic looks cockerely, and the personality sounds like a boy. I've had skadoodles of Silkies and have never had a hen who loved to be petted. My roos are far more affectionate, the hens are just grumpy...but a profile shot would help :-D

 

[Flocking]

Hi! I just wanted to know if my silkie is a hen or a cockerel? It's very sweet and doesn't crow.. It loves to be petted and is always around me when I'm in the coop. Is a pic needed? I'm new to chickens and I don't know what all I should include thanks in advance!

I'll get a profile shot tomorrow, right now the flock is sleeping thanks for being so patient!

 

[drumstick diva]

I think cockerel also. My friend has had many silkies over the years and the females haven't been demonstrative

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I'm thinking pullet.

I agree.

 

[Pyxis]

Lol, with all the differing guesses in here, I think the profile shot will prove to be necessary. So far it's split right down the middle between cockerel and pullet, it seems.