Silkie boy or girl?

[realsis]

wow its so hard to tell . I just went through this same thing. Mine started crowing at about 12 weeks. But all are different. I had to send him back to the breeder and I was very sad. But I did learn a few things by having him. I noticed the male silkies hair is much more swept back looking. I also noticed his comb, although not big it was bigger than my others. also he was developing Hard Tail feathers inside the tail.Just a few but they were there. You know what you CAN do? Look online and find a lab that will DNA test him for sex. I did this with my two chicks. It is ONLY around 12.00 to do the test. Then some labs will give you results in two days after recieving the test. You can use feathers. Its fairly easy then you will know FOR SURE!!!

 

[mustangsaguaro]

jibbly is the brown one, pretty sure it's a pullet, iris is the white one and has huge comb and wattles and spiky crest, and s/he hates to be handled

Looking at this pic you posted I would say Iris is definately a boy.

 

[mustangsaguaro]

wow its so hard to tell . I just went through this same thing. Mine started crowing at about 12 weeks. But all are different. I had to send him back to the breeder and I was very sad. But I did learn a few things by having him. I noticed the male silkies hair is much more swept back looking. I also noticed his comb, although not big it was bigger than my others. also he was developing Hard Tail feathers inside the tail.Just a few but they were there. You know what you CAN do? Look online and find a lab that will DNA test him for sex. I did this with my two chicks. It is ONLY around 12.00 to do the test. Then some labs will give you results in two days after recieving the test. You can use feathers. Its fairly easy then you will know FOR SURE!!!

At what age can you do the DNA testing for sex? I'm assuming you might have to wait until they have some regular feathering in. Do you have the name of the lab that you used?

 

[Tammys kevin]

I found a lab in my state that does DNA sexing, at $27 per test, but I'm 90% sure iris is a roo

 

[hdowden]

jibbly is the brown one, pretty sure it's a pullet, iris is the white one and has huge comb and wattles and spiky crest, and s/he hates to be handled

yes white is a cockerel

 

[Tammys kevin]

I had my doubts about him at the farm, as he was noticeably heavier than the brown (partridge?) pullet, but I was assured it was female. I get the feeling it was done on purpose, just from the way the chicken lady suddenly decided she's not doing refunds or trades anymore, but I can't prove that of course