Is there a way to sex bantam silkies chicks?

[pebbles7998]

I have 6 silkie chicks and I would like to try to sex them. Is there a way?

 

[keesmom]

Nope. You'll just have to wait a few months.

 

[pebbles7998]

Ugh ok we didn't want to keep them a few months before we sold them. I am keeping just one out of the batch. I guess I better hope its a girl

 

[farmer boy]

why are you only keeping one ? what colors are they ??

 

[pebbles7998]

why are you only keeping one ? what colors are they ??

I am only keeping one as we have a hen and Roaster already. The are Black Silkie bantams I have other hens alread and other half will only let me keep one

 

[farmer boy]

oh .. i love silkies i have a couple my self i raised my first two for a year my hen just started laying last month some time so it can take a while for them to start laying .. so you may have to wait a while lol but they can be babies

 

[pebbles7998]

I hen and a Roaster I gt last year these babys are their off spring

 

[farmer boy]

what colors are the parents ???

 

[pebbles7998]

They are both blac as well.

 

[farmer boy]

oh kk .. i just started getting in to silkie breeding i have been waiting 1 year for my first silkies to be ready i had 4 but 2 died so i have a grey i think rooster and then a black hen and then my new ones are a buff rooster that can make partridge babies and his hen is a blue hen