Sexing 6 week old silkies

[Valentin]

Hi I just recently received 3 silkie chicks they are all 6 weeks old I just want to some help on what gender this chicks are . My opinion is that there is 1 cockerel and 2 hens but I’ll love to see what y’all think. Please forgive me they are a little dirty because they got little wet because of the rain .

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2#

3#

All together

I’ll take better photos when I get home when they are dry and nice and fluffy .

 

[Cecisflock]

wayyyy too young wait until around 5 months

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Pretty young to tell, although I am no expert. Keep an eye on number 3, to w comb just looks a little bigger than the others, although, as before, I am no expert. Silkies are very hard to tell gender of. Good luck though! Those are some cute chickens!

 

[Valentin]

wayyyy too young wait until around 5 months

I agree they are young but if you had to guess what would you think .

 

[Painted Calls]

Guessing on Silkies this young would be no more accurate than guessing winning lottery numbers. It's hard to guess something like that.

 

[Valentin]

Guessing on Silkies this young would be no more accurate than guessing winning lottery numbers. It's hard to guess something like that.

If you were to guess even if you are wrong what it would the genders be I just want an idea of what to look for .

 

[Cecisflock]

If you were to guess even if you are wrong what it would the genders be I just want an idea of what to look for .

There is nothing to look for at this point, that is what we are saying. At 5 months there will be things to look for. come back then.

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

I'll give it a go, but as everyone said it's a shot in the dark at this age. #2 appears to have the classic upsidedown 'U' shape to their comb (if you look at it straight on) that can indicate a male, so I'ma say they're a cockerel. I don't see anything that would indicate cockerel for the other two so I'm saying pullet for them.

 

[Matilda Belle]

Update pics in 2-3 months with close ups of the combs.