Need help sexing my cuckoo silkies

[Meara]

These guys are approximately 16 weeks old now. I think I have two girls and a boy, but these are my first silkies so I'm not positive. Also wondering if they are good looking silkies? Just average? Butt ugly?

I think they are darling, but I may be just a tad prejudiced.

Chick #1 the biggest of the three

Chick #2

Chick #3

 

[minihorse927]

I am just taking wild guesses as I am still figuring out the silkie sexing game, esecially on 16 week olds. My guesses are as follows.
#1 cockerel
#2 pullet
#3 not sure
Would like to see dead on view of face, so we can see comb size and also side profile if possible.

 

[NixNoodleNumbat]

I agree with mini horse

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Cockerel
Pullet
Pullet, but not 100% sure

 

[muddyhorse]

I agree with sundown. they look good so far it is really hard to get dark skin on a cuckoo, breed them to a really good black to improve the type. I love the cuckoos

 

[Seeing Silkies]

1 - roo
2 - hen
3 - hen - maybe LOL

look at #1 size roo get bigger faster ( if all the same age )
Look at his neck feather as they get near his back they should be long and flowing on to his back
when looking at a hen they are not long flowing


not the best pic but the buffs in the front left is a hen right is a roo see how the neck feathers flows..

hope it helps I know how it is a guessing game they take so long to show there sex

 

[magicpigeon]

I agree, roo hen and hen.

 

[Meara]

Here's another pic of #1, the probable roo. All three hatched together and if it's any help chicks 2 and 3 hatched with vaulted skulls and #1 didn't. I read somewhere that females are more likely to have the vaulted skull. Not sure if that is true??? These are black cuckoos, not blue aren't they? The father was blue, but I think the mother(s) were black.

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

1-roo
2-pullet
3-roo

 

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