Possible silkie pullet? Raising silkie chicks?

[Chris Hernandez]

I recently bought a four month old silkie chick which they were 90% sure was a pullet, she is starting to get some streamers and has shiny neck feathers which makes me think its a roo but then she is very submissive and her comb is very very small. Also I recently had silkie chicks hatch out and one grey silkie didn't accept two of her chicks which were a slightly different color from the rest and one had an eye problem, I tried another white silkie hen that had also had chicks but she didn't accept them, and then I tried another black and white regular hen which was broody and sitting on nothing for quite some time but she didn't accept them either.(the chicks also didn't accept any of the other hens) Then I put them with this painted silkie pullet (maybe a pullet) and they immediately warmed up to her/it. She/it didn't peck them, I think it was because she can't see them but she lets them crawl underneath her at night and even calls them when she has food, but it also is the same call roosters do when they have food for the hens. So I have two questions: Is it really a pullet? Why is she/he showing this behavior towards the chicks?

 

[Cellomama2]

Sorry I won't be much help with the sexing but I have to say that is a beautiful bird! My "silkies" didn't turn out like this and I'm so jealous.

 

[AlleysChicks]

I’d say pullet. A few of mine have feathers in tuffs when they grow them in.

 

[redranger209]

Definite pullet.

 

[sylviethecochin]

I'm going to disagree with the above and say that I think he might be a cockerel. The comb looks like a pullet's, but the legs and crest don't, and cockerels tend to be much more tolerant of chicks than pullets are.

 

[Chris Hernandez]

Thank you all for you responses, I am not sure wether she is a hen because the streamers and the shiny feathers have me convinced it’s a rooster but the crest and how submissive it is makes me think it’s a hen.

 

[Stacyoung13]

I have 5-5 month old silkies, 3 pullets 2 cockerels and 1 too young to tell. Compared to mine, I'd have to say pullet.

Here are some pics to compare with. Hope it helps !