Online Source for Sexed Silkies

[dwdoc]

Hello All,

The wife wants a couple Silkie pullets but I cannot seem to find an online Hatchery that sells sexed Silkies. Does one exist? If not why?

Thanks.

 

[cpegram]

because silkies are very hard to sex....you have to wait for them to grow out to see what you got...

 

[acid_chipmunk]

And also because they are bantam it is dangerous to vent sex them.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Silkies don't decide what gender they are gong to be until at least six months old. Some make you wait longer.

 

[TamiHunter]

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[dwdoc]

I did find out that MyPetChicken.com advertises Silkie pullets - very pricy though...

 

[Kristin.marlies]

I have gotten mine all from mypetchicken.com and while they are a little pricey they have all come to me sexed female. (which is what I wanted). I don't order very many at a time though, just ten at a time. Perhaps if my orders were bigger there would be more mistakes.

 

[Chicklette 1]

I just ordered from My Pet Chicken also and they say they are 90% correct with the sexing. Also, they have very low minimums for an order and I can't order 15 and 25 chickens at one time. I'd rather spend the money and get exactly what I want. Having to cull the roosters after you have raised them is just to hard for me because I fall in love with every one of them!

 

[kipepeo]

I got sexed silkies from MPC last summer. I ordered 7 one died right after I picked them up The post office was so cold it was ridiculous. The others were to be 5 females and one male I got 2 males and 4 girls which is fine.