Sexing Silkies

[Button40]

I know it’s really hard to sex silkie chicks but has anyone got any ideas on my two little 5/6 week old fluff balls? Coconut is my white silkie and I need ideas for a name for the paint silkie x

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Is it possibe to get some clearer close ups of the combs?

And read this

Pippin's easy guide to silkie sexing

Hello there! When I hatched my own silkies, I studied and studied about how to sex them. I read that it was almost impossible to sex them, and that you had to wait for a crow or an egg. Raising and watching them helped me pick out certain traits that only belong to roosters or hens. These...

• PippinTheChicken
• Sep 2, 2021
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[Button40]

Is it possibe to get some clearer close ups of the combs?

And read this

Pippin's easy guide to silkie sexing

Hello there! When I hatched my own silkies, I studied and studied about how to sex them. I read that it was almost impossible to sex them, and that you had to wait for a crow or an egg. Raising and watching them helped me pick out certain traits that only belong to roosters or hens. These...

• PippinTheChicken
• Sep 2, 2021
• 4.50 star(s) 14 ratings
• Comments: 31
• Reviews: 10
• Category: Learning Center

Yes of course hope these are ok. The first 2 photos are coconut and the other 3 are of the as yes unnamed chick x

 

[PippinTheChicken]

The white looks like a pullet, the paint sort of looks like a boy but could go either way. Update in a week or 2

 

[Button40]

The white looks like a pullet, the paint sort of looks like a boy but could go either way. Update in a week or 2

Thank you

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Thank you

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[LadiesAndJane]

Congrats on your new Silkies and welcome to BYC!
Too early to tell on genders.
How about Domino for your paint?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I have a paint polkie called Dalma (like dalmation). You could call yours that, and if it's a boy you could change it to duke or dwayne etc

 

[Button40]

Ok so here are some updated pictures of Coconut (white) and Audrey/Albert (paint) if anyone has any updated guesses

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Ok so here are some updated pictures of Coconut (white) and Audrey/Albert (paint) if anyone has any updated guesses

The white looks like a pullet, and the paint a cockerel