Oh poo - Is the white one a roo?

[sushifish]

Here are pics of our silkies - they are 7 weeks old today... we are worried that the white silkie is a roo - all feedback welcome!

 

[keesmom]

Way too early to tell. Silkies often take months to let you know which gender they are. I had a buff silkie I thought was a hen until HE turned 7 months old!

 

[sushifish]

Oh dear! That must have been surprising!
I'm glad to hear it too early to tell. Thank you for your expertise!

 

[leadwolf1]

Could you get close up shots of each of their heads, head on?

 

[racuda]

The blue one may be a boy too.

 

[hdowden]

closer comb shots would help i could tell which were which by the time they were 3 months old (mine are hatchery birds though)

 

[sushifish]

Yes, I'll try to get close-ups of their itty bitty heads

 

[vannaHaines]

I just recently found out that my white silkie was a roo. I forget how old he was exactly. I bought him straight run. Thankfully the person I buy from has a policy where if the chick turns out to be a roo you can come back and trade. But yea, it was glaringly obvious that my silkie was a roo, big red comb and nice, prominant, red wattles. Thankfully he wasn't much of a crower, but he did like to growl lol