Partidge Silkie chicks question?????

[teddiliza]

My two Partridge silkies had the chipmunk tatooing on the face (the ones I think are now girls) But my potential boys did not have the chipmunk/eyeliner tatooing, just more brown faces and dark brown on their heads.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
"eyeliner" stripes are indicative of wildtype, not gender.

 

[JayDe]

what is "wildtype"?

 

[jen5680]

Sonoran, is there a way to sex the partridge color chicks?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Not that I know of from chick down. Once the feathers start growing in you should be able to see pencilling all over the girls, although it is most noticeable first on their wings.