PLEEEAASE! Someone tell me this is a hen!

[Silkieslopsprops]

6 weeks old silkie

 

[Kaleai]

Silkies are notoriously hard to visually ID, to the point where theres a business for DNA testing them

 

[Silkieslopsprops]

Silkies are notoriously hard to visually ID, to the point where theres a business for DNA testing them

Honestly I feel like at this point I should be qualified to determine roos just based on if I want to keep it! My choices, while striking and great personalities have been almost all roosters

 

[redinator]

Honestly I feel like at this point I should be qualified to determine roos just based on if I want to keep it! My choices, while striking and great personalities have been almost all roosters

Same, I assume all chicks are male until proven otherwise . . . it's safer that way . . .even if only marginally, lol

 

[Silkieslopsprops]

Same, I assume all chicks are male until proven otherwise . . . it's safer that way . . .even if only marginally, lol

I should probably start doing that also

 

[CombNWattles]

Honestly I feel like at this point I should be qualified to determine roos just based on if I want to keep it! My choices, while striking and great personalities have been almost all roosters

There is something in this… male chicks tend to be more friendly and outgoing, which makes them more fun to interact with.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Okay. Your cockerel is a hen.
No, no, JUST KIDDING! Seriously, I have no idea if this bird is a cockerel, a pullet or ... a rabbit. I'm just having a little fun with you bc of the title of your thread. Please don't be mad at me.