Silkie chicks

[Lizalots]

Hello! Two questions! We picked up a pair of silkie chicks today. Wondering if anyone is great at the wing sexing method (they seem to be a day or two old, the yellow maybe older due to longer wing tips) and then also what color is the gray and brown silkie going to be? Please and thank you!

 

[Cloverr39]

Silkies can't be wing sexed. You're gonna have to wait a few weeks before a guess can be made. 8 weeks is usually a good starting point, but some take longer to mature.
My guess on the gray chick is silver partridge.

 

[elletee89]

Our satin partridge silkie looked like the brown chick when she was young.

 

[ella2025]

Hello! Two questions! We picked up a pair of silkie chicks today. Wondering if anyone is great at the wing sexing method (they seem to be a day or two old, the yellow maybe older due to longer wing tips) and then also what color is the gray and brown silkie going to be? Please and thank you! View attachment 4208237View attachment 4208238View attachment 4208239

I agree with @Cloverr39 that silkies cannot be wing sexed. All 3 of my SR silkies had the uneven wing feathers so I thought they were all Hens, but I had 2 roos and 1 hen. Silkies are also extremely hard to sex until they are mature. Some cockerels take 8 weeks to show signs, some take 16. Unfortunately you're gonna have to wait.

 

[Lizalots]

Thank you all! I had seen someone post on another forum about wing sexing silkies and they said they could do it an be right every time so I was going with that. In any case, I sure hope it ends up as beautiful as that satin partridge!