My silkie... and feathering question. Pic of comb on Post 1!

[Sonoran Silkies]

With even pet quality (hatchery quality) silkies, there is no way to determine gender (short of DNA testing) until the bird is at least 3 to 4 months old. With better quality birds it will usually take many months longer. Ideally a silkie should NEVER show red in its comb, regardless of gender. Size differences will not be apparent for many months, either.

 

[smokeykk]

OH chickschool could you do that??? THAT WOULD BE SOOOO HELPFUL!

 

[smokeykk]

I added a picture to post 1!

 

[chickschool]

Hope these help. I can take a picture of my hens if you'd like as well. They are just over a year old now. BTW, I didn't really see a whole lot of red in your chicks comb. I'm no expert but it looks like a hen to me.


He is about 2-3 weeks here.

Same age as first picture

Here my rooster is falling asleep on my lap in the car

He is roughly 12 weeks old here.

In this picture he is around 10 weeks