sex of my babies i realy hope they are hens

[loupan]

Here are my two silkies im pretty sure the white one is going to be a roo

HONEYDEW

Scooter i think maybe a hen

orville black orp im thinking maybe hen

Penny we think jubilee orp

realy hope its a hen

I can get some better pics if needed thaks everyone

 

[hdowden]

to young wait till they are at least 6 weeks, 10+ if you want a better guess from everyone...silkies are very hard to sex almost 90% of the time you have to wait till they crow or lay to tell for sure

 

[teach1rusl]

Awww...they are all so cute. But yeah...you're going to need a few more weeks before I'd hazard a guess at sexes.

 

[loupan]

ok thankyou the waiting is agonising arrrrrrrrrh lol

 

[Imissmyroofabio]

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see which ones can fly well for a chick- EX-flying up, across or anything that others can not do well, for if it can fly, it's most likely a roo- it may not work 100% of the time, but it helps.

 

[Katydid2011]

They're adorable!

 

[srslychickning]

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see which ones can fly well for a chick- EX-flying up, across or anything that others can not do well, for if it can fly, it's most likely a roo- it may not work 100% of the time, but it helps.

I didn't know about this trick when mine were very young, but it has proven to be true - my roo at less than a week flew out of the box and down onto the floor, and I found him curled up next to my shoe. The hen never left the box. Not sure about reliability across the board, but I thought it was very interesting when I heard about this and it applied to mine.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

problem with the flying idea, silkies can't fly, they can't jump very well either. My most precocious flyer was a hen, she would escape anything and everything and fly out. but yes my roo's (bantams mainly) are the first to start jumping up, roosting high earlier, etc. but its not a true fire method of sexing by no mean.

Loupan your chicks are too young yet to sex, especially the silkies. Your white, the comb is going to be more of a normal color as opposed to a normal dark grey/black silkie skin color, so thats not indicative of sex.

Silkies can take 2-6 months depending on the individual birds to be able to sex.

and yes I agree the waiting SUCKS.

The other two chicks within a few weeks you should have a very good idea of sex.

 

[sourland]

Nice chicks. Any guess as to gender would be just that - a guess. Patience.

 

[loupan]

thanks so much it realy does suck but its also real exciting lol i have never prayed so much

i pray for my eggs to hatch ,pray for chicks to be ok,pray for them to be hens and pray they ok when they go outside

all i think about is chickens now