Joining The Guessing Game on Pullet or Roo? Give me your input!

[Jenessa_09]

They're too young to tell. Silkies take quite a bit of time before you can tell the gender.

True!!

 

[PluckyJen]

True!!

Reading this exact comment is what's been on my mind today. There's a lady nearby with silky chicks and she's asking me to come look. Buuuut I see it all over that's its super hard to sex silkies.

 

[Suzy P]

Reading this exact comment is what's been on my mind today. There's a lady nearby with silky chicks and she's asking me to come look. Buuuut I see it all over that's its super hard to sex silkies.

It's like a pig in a poke, you don't know what your getting. I had one start crowing at 6 weeks and another one started with bright red cone and waddles at 3 weeks. I found those two a new home. I have two teen chicks left that I think are going to be hens. Prayers said.
Pictured are the two I kept that are thinking they are hens. Now the reddish brown one is 8 weeks old and the white and black one is 5 weeks old. The 8 week old one is coming in with cone and waddles of light pink and no crowing so far. The 5 week old, mighty bossy to the 8 week old one is not showing any cone or waddles coming in and no crowing so far.
PluckyJen, next time I will be looking for pullets that are old enough to know that is what they are. So if you want hens, look for pullets maybe 16 weeks or older.

 

[PluckyJen]

It's like a pig in a poke, you don't know what your getting. I had one start crowing at 6 weeks and another one started with bright red cone and waddles at 3 weeks. I found those two a new home. I have two teen chicks left that I think are going to be hens. Prayers said.
Pictured are the two I kept that are thinking they are hens. Now the reddish brown one is 8 weeks old and the white and black one is 5 weeks old. The 8 week old one is coming in with cone and waddles of light pink and no crowing so far. The 5 week old, mighty bossy to the 8 week old one is not showing any cone or waddles coming in and no crowing so far.
PluckyJen, next time I will be looking for pullets that are old enough to know that is what they are. So if you want hens, look for pullets maybe 16 weeks or older.

Great advice thank you.
Ps. Those two are so pretty in their colouring!!!

 

[Suzy P]

Great advice thank you.
Ps. Those two are so pretty in their colouring!!!

Thank you.
I will let you know when I see egg laying if I have hens.

 

[PluckyJen]

Thank you.
I will let you know when I see egg laying if I have hens.

I'm in South Africa. Wish I had my own jet, I'd be all over the world collecting beautiful chickens. They are so limited here.