Please sex my 8 month old silkie

[Danielle27]

This little one is smaller than my known girl (same age), dainty, only a small bump for the comb, girlie in every way except it looks like it has streamers. Can some Silkie experts chime in please?

 

[Danielle27]

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Pullet

 

[drumstick diva]

pullet - is she laying yet?

 

[Danielle27]

 

[Danielle27]

This one has not laid or crowed yet. I finally got a good pic of what I think could be streamers

 

[Danielle27]

These streamer looking feathers are really hard to see and photograph. Anyone ever had a hen with these types of feather?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Nope, females shouldn't have streamers. Are these all the same bird? The first one looks like a dark partridge pullet. But, that last picture very clearly shows streamers (and is a great picture of them). Streamers= boy.

 

[Hholly]

I have a hen with streamers.


I think you have a girl there.

 

[Danielle27]

All the same bird. She/he is so girlie in every way except the streamers. It has short, round feathers on the neck, didn't start growing a comb till about 6 months...this is a hatchery bird too. Haha, this one is tricky. Glad to see that one other person has a hen with streamers. I'll let you guys know when I find out.