Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

[dorothymcd]

Not sure yet of these two. I'm guessing one is a boy and the one I'm holding (which was injured) is a girl

 

[dorothymcd]

And these are the girls. The blue Silkie is the same one as the chick in the picture of the 2 babies I sent.
Hope this helps and if anyone has any idea about the 2 I'm not sure about let me know.

 

[dorothymcd]

Partridge rooster white hen.

 

[mandy0204]

Please help me to sex my silkie!

 

[realsis]

See how Silkies can change drastically in a few months! This is the exact same bird from baby to a few months later. They sure keep you guessing!

 

[realsis]

I thought for certain she was a male until she turned into a female.! These little rascals can really fool you! !funny thing is she was DNA sexed as a baby and they said female but I thought for sure the lab made a mistake (which can happen) and I thought for the longest this one was male! Turned out the lab was right! She is a female.

 

[Tara K]

Realsis, which lab do you use? Can you please share the info? Thx!

 

[Lacey1988]

Pretty sure this is a little roo.


Its this one I'm worried about I really hope its a girl.


Here they are together.

 

[realsis]

http://www.healthgene.com/avian-dna-testing/1306/

FOR TERA K*** HERE IS THE LINK TO THE DNA LAB I USED. I believe it's only 12 dollars each sample and the process is very simple. You will want to color band your birds first with different color bands then you want to pluck about three feathers out and have a envelope for each bird. Write the band color on each envelope. When your finished put all envelopes in a big envelope and send the samples. Your results will correspond with each color band. Example green female or red male.i do it this way with the color bands so their is no confusion. Leave the band's on so you can match the results with each color band.in my case I tested all buff silkies so I lab led each sample according to the band's like sample one buff green sample two buff red sample three buff blue ect. Then the results are easy to read like buff green female ect.i always use three feathers each sample incase one gets fouled or is not good. Feathers MUST be plucked and the feather quick present.fallen or previously lost feathers are not good. It's really a easy process then you know for certain the sex of your bird. Hope this helps. Best wishes

 

[Tara K]

Realsis, thank you!