Is this the calm before the storm for maturity?

[Dianne Hess]

I have 5 Silkie/Frizzle mix's that are going on 12 weeks old. One is already crowing so I know were we stand with him. I also see 3 others that will spar with each other along with him. I'm thinking I have 4 roo's and one girl - however at the end of the day they all curl up against each other and will sleep in the same nesting box. I've seen a couple of them work their way underneath a sibling to sleep. Should I continue to pursue finding new homes for at least 3 of them? I have two 1 year old girls and believe one of the 12 week olds is a girl by their behaviors.

 

[Roo5]

Can’t sex silkies don’t know what they are,but sparring is no good indication, all chicks spar.Wouldnt find homes till for sure

 

[Folly's place]

Watch and see who is actually a cockerel, and then plan to keep only one male, if any. Your group is too small for multiple males; if they don't fight, they will be too rough on the pullets.
Mary

 

[CaramelKittey]

Hi!

Personally, I would wait for other signs if the silkies are cockerels. I recently had four chicks would fly around my house in a frenzy and fight

by pecking each other toes while 'flying' around like crazy! It was a great sight and very amusing .

I thought all four might be males or at least two might be. I found out that all four are girls!
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Hopefully you end up with all girls (unless you want a rooster! ) Silkies have a reputation for being harder to sex than other breeds. Just taking a guess though, I'd say that the top silkie is a pullet. I had a silkie rooster and he had streamers at about 12 weeks (I think. It may have been 14 weeks). Your silkie show no signs of streamers! (From what I can tell.) As for the others, I have no idea but its not hard to spot that those are some beautiful silkies! The colors are amazing!
Hope this helps!

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