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.

 

[Debbie292d]

I've raised and bred silkies for about 9 years, and trust me, if I could sex them in any less time than three months, usually four months, I'd be making a LOT more $$ when selling them.

We can all say that's a pullet, and we stand a 50% shot at being right.

It's very cute and going to be a beautiful adult!

 

[Debbie292d]

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

Several actually! They've made it more affordable now to have a silkie DNA testing lab right in your own home. A friend of mine on BYC does it now for herself and friends. That still cost her a couple thousand I believe to get started, but much less than it used to be. It once was $20 per chick, now they're as low as $5 I've seen. $8 is what I pay.