Sexing Silkies. Lots of Help Required

[horselover58]

I have some pics of my White Silkie Roo and a few pullets I believe. It really is very hard to sex them until they are about 5 months old. One reason is because some people say that if they have "Phyllis Diller" Hair on top they are pullets, but I found that is not always the case (50/50). If they have smooth hair on top they are supposed to all be cockrels. Again not true. But when they are about 4 to 5 months, you can really see pink or red rose shaped knot on the nose at the back (the comb) and that is usually a good indication that is a cockrel.

 

[The Wolf Queen]

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[max101]

Female silkie no red near face
a male silkie has a wart like bumpy lump on their face

 

[therealsilkiechick]

hen

pullet front/ cockeral back

cock

hope that helps

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

No silkie should have a red comb, although hatchery ones occasionally do.

You will not be able to tell the gender with chicks for months.

 

[Smoky73]

I tried to get pictures as clear cut as possilbe to show you the difference. I do not know what happened to my really good picture of a white rooster but these will do.

The first two pictures are of a rooster. Do you see the spikes of hair coming off the head? Those are streamers and only males have them.

This is a hen, notice, no streamers off the head, it is round, like a ball.

Keep in mind though these are show birds and likely hatchery ones will not be like this but the roosters will still have the streamers.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Nice birds, Cara!

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Ok im starting to see it, but can I have more pics please. Just to be safe.

 

[Teresaann24]

I ordered buff silkies from Ideal and I started when Mine were young to try to tell gender and took pictures as I could and followed along with which I thought was which.

I believed I had to roos and 1 pullet. sure enough I was right and now I have pics to look back on for comb growth develoment. Which has been harder with my other silkies because the buffs were hatchery quality.

So I can only use this method on hatchery quality silkies.

Here ya go.

Roo 1 (about 3-4 weeks old)

Roo 2 (about 3-4 weeks old)

Pullet (About 3-4 weeks old)

Those same 3 older (About 8 weeks old)

Pullet

Roo 2

Roo 1

Hope these can help you out a little.