Sexing silkies

[Altfrizzle]

Silkies have blue or black skin, 5 toes, blue ears, and black or deep raspberry combs usually in a walnut style.

There are Frizzled silkies or Sizzles with Frizzled feathers but that looks like maybe a Serama? Gorgeous bird. Just not a silkie. Love him!

 

[kimem]

Thank you for the info! The other 2 look like they have dark blue very small comb.

I haven’t heard of serama, I will check it out now. So far it seems we are slightly more limited for breeds in NZ than other places or perhaps just in my searches for fertile eggs.

I have a brown leghorn, 2 araucana, 2 silver campine and this is my first experience with silkie chickens but if they all turn out to be Roos I will try again to get some hens. We love how beautiful and friendly they are.

 

[ChickNanny13]

Yup that first one looks more like a Frizzle Serama (frizzle is the feathering & Serama is a bantam breed) The white maybe a pullet but for sure the Serama is a Cockerel

 

[kimem]

Thanks guys! I’m a bit sad but hoping we can rehome him!

 

[kimem]

Yep, he’s crowing. Sigh.

 

[Altfrizzle]

If you didn't live in New Zealand, I'd be happy to take him. LOL it shouldn't be hard to find him a home.

 

[kimem]

No luck yet but I am going to try a bird sanctuary today, they have roosters there. I don’t mind keeping him for a bit but our neighbours are very close!

 

[drumstick diva]

Your frizzle is a cochin not a silkie - cochin's have feathered legs and straight combs, they come in all manner of colors and frizzles as well as regular feathers. Definitely appears to be a male.

 

[drumstick diva]

PS seramas do not have feathered legs

 

[ChickNanny13]

Ooops, didn't see the feather legs