Sexing silkies

[Hobbs24]

Can anyone tell me what they think the sex is for any of these? Not my chickens can’t get more pictures trying to see sex before I buy. Thank you

 

[Debbie292d]

They look about 6-8 weeks old. Silkies can't be sexed until around 4-5 months or until they crow or lay an egg in some cases. You could try look at their combs to see who has the larger walnuts starting, or I can kind of guess that the black one bottom left is getting hackle feathers, but it's just my guess.

Frizzles make it even harder to tell. I have one almost eight months old that I thought was a pullet until he crowed.

Is that one upper left a paint? If so, I'd take all the white ones for sure in hopes of getting a dominant white, then you breed that to a black and get 100% paint.

 

[Hobbs24]

Thank you so much!

 

[Slothinc]

So hard to tell but they sure are cute. And yes the frizzle can make it harder to tell. If you go to see them in person I would take the ones with the smallest looking, flattest combs. Hopefully comparing them amongst each other you will be able to see a bit of difference.

 

[Slothinc]

Also the blue satin looks really girly to me in these pics. I might be wrong but she looks like a pretty safe choice to me. (She has a very rounded crest and no streamers that I can see yet)

 

[Cooscoosmom]

Can anyone tell me if this is a boy or girl. 7 months old

 

[Cooscoosmom]

Can someone tell me if this is a girl or boy. 7 months old.

 

[Slothinc]

Can anyone tell me if this is a boy or girl. 7 months old View attachment 4043882

Looks like a roo with those long streamers, hackle and saddle feathers. The comb looks small but other than that he looks very much like a boy. Wow seven months old and not crowing, that is lucky! My silkie boys usually start crowing by 4 months!

 

[Cooscoosmom]

Looks like a roo with those long streamers, hackle and saddle feathers. The comb looks small but other than that he looks very much like a boy. Wow seven months old and not crowing, that is lucky! My silkie boys usually start crowing by 4 months!

I was saying a girl all this time because of the comb! Today i was looking and finally noticed the streamers. Happened to me last time now I have two boys I guess

 

[Slothinc]

I was saying a girl all this time because of the comb! Today i was looking and finally noticed the streamers. Happened to me last time now I have two boys I guess

It’s happened to me too! I had the girliest looking boy and I thought there was no chance it was a girl until he started randomly crowing Silkies are so hard!