Sexing Silkies?! I need so much help and advice! TIA

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So I’ve been on this journey for awhile now
I need help identifying if these show quality silkies are boys or girls! I’ll say name and age in the same order as the pictures
Casper (4 months) partridge
Magic (2 months) splash
Voodoo (2 months) all black
Celene ( 6 weeks) all white
Nyx (6 weeks) all black
Please lmk what u think I think that Casper is a boy but I have no idea about the others

 

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@NatJ maybe you can help here as well?

 

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@Pinedale Silkies maybe you can help?

 

[NatJ]

@NatJ maybe you can help here as well?

I'm sorry, I don't do Silkies. Unfortunately, I don't remember who the Silkie-sexing experts are, so I can't tag them for you now.

If you get really stuck, I know there is a lab that will do DNA sex testing:
https://orders.iqbirdtesting.com/order-bird-dna-test/

The obvious disadvantages of that are that you have to pay, and you have to wait for the results.

 

[Pinedale Silkies]

So I’ve been on this journey for awhile now
I need help identifying if these show quality silkies are boys or girls! I’ll say name and age in the same order as the pictures
Casper (4 months) partridge
Magic (2 months) splash
Voodoo (2 months) all black
Celene ( 6 weeks) all white
Nyx (6 weeks) all black
Please lmk what u think I think that Casper is a boy but I have no idea about the others



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@Pinedale Silkies maybe you can help?

Sure! Thanks for the tag.

1# Casper looks to be a boy, from the overall stance, and what look like the start of some small streamers in his tail. That, along with his hackle feathers being a little long, could confirm that. At this stage, id say cockerel for him, but a close up of his wattles and a front shot of his comb would give me a more definitive idea.

2# Magic, I’m pretty sure is a pullet, her rounded crest and lack of any wattles means she’s either a girl or a really late developing boy, but at this stage I’d say girl.

3# Voodoo I’d say girl, but a closer picture + one of her comb/wattles would give me a better idea.

As for the two younger ones, Celene and Nyx, it is a bit early for me to tell. They both look pretty feminine now, but then again, silkies are often late developers and are notoriously hard to sex, so they could be boys. A close up on their combs and wattles would help.

Over all, if you could get a few close up photos of all their combs and wattles I could give you a more definitive answers. Hope this helps

 

[Pinedale Silkies]

@MysteryChicken got any idea?

 

[Pinedale Silkies]

Had a look at your other thread and saw some more pics of Casper. Yeah he’s definitely a cockerel. Congrats! (Or not, depending what you wanted/where you live)

 

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Had a look at your other thread and saw some more pics of Casper. Yeah he’s definitely a cockerel. Congrats! (Or not, depending what you wanted/where you live)

We actually wanted one boy and the rest girls lol!!! So I was hoping the oldest would be a boy because just like us humans the Roo boys mature so much slower I feel so!!!!! I’ve had the best luck so far!! I have a few threads out I didn’t want to lump everyone together silkies and hard feather birds bc Ik silkies take a lot more skill to sex! I’ll be getting new up close pictures of everyone either tonight or tomorrow morning

 

[MysteryChicken]

So I’ve been on this journey for awhile now
I need help identifying if these show quality silkies are boys or girls! I’ll say name and age in the same order as the pictures
Casper (4 months) partridge
Magic (2 months) splash
Voodoo (2 months) all black
Celene ( 6 weeks) all white
Nyx (6 weeks) all black
Please lmk what u think I think that Casper is a boy but I have no idea about the others



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Picture #1. Is definitely a cockerel, based on the red patches on the wings.

The rest we'll need comb pictures of.

 

[Pinedale Silkies]

We actually wanted one boy and the rest girls lol!!! So I was hoping the oldest would be a boy because just like us humans the Roo boys mature so much slower I feel so!!!!! I’ve had the best luck so far!! I have a few threads out I didn’t want to lump everyone together silkies and hard feather birds bc Ik silkies take a lot more skill to sex! I’ll be getting new up close pictures of everyone either tonight or tomorrow morning

That’s great!
Hopefully the rest will be girls then.
Yeah, silkies are definitely harder to sex haha. Got some fertilised silkie eggs arriving in a few days so they’re gonna be a challenge to sex when they’re older haha