let's try this again... any idea on the sex of these two???

[ginger c.]

Ok...

We got these straight run. Any idea what their colors are? Is the light one a blue splash? The other black? Also, do y'all think we have a bearded lady?

We think the dark one is a roo... or do non-bearded pullets have waddles?

The bearded one has almost no waddles, but we just can't tell.

These babies are about 16 & 17 weeks. No crowing. They still have their baby voices.

black roo?

blue splash bearded lady? Blue man?

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[ramirezframing]

i think a dark blue lady and a splash man is what you have very pretty

 

[BigDaddy'sGurl]

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The dark one's face looks JUST like my non-bearded hen, NeeNee. The splash, however, just looks male to me. In stance, expression, tail, it's all boy.

 

[AccentOnHakes]

I say both roo's, splash has a roo tail and black has big wattles. But I'm no expert on Silkies.

 

[ginger c.]

YIKES!!!!
We were waaaay off. lol.

 

[monkeemakr]

I don't know for sure, haven't been with Silkies that long, but the dark one looks like too much of a comb to be a pullet. I'm voting roo on the dark one, and pullet on the black. I have a lot of Silkie hens that carry themselves like that.

 

[monkeemakr]

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Sorry, meant pullet on the splash

Too early to be on BYC

 

[Mamaboid]

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The splash looks exactly like my Strappy, who is a crowing fool.

 

[ginger c.]

For those who guessed...

The splash recently started crowing (about a week ago at 19 weeks old). He sounds like an old car horn from the 20's-30's. Arunhnhnh - uh. much funnier than cockadoodle doo.
Now it's down to the blue... Is she still Louise? Or will those waddles make that chicken a Lewis?

 

[smokeykk]

If you are absoulutley sure that the black one is 18 or so weeks old, then she is a girl. Every non-bearded silkie has wattles.