Silkie cockerel?

[JedJackson]

The comb isn't large. I think it is a pullet.

 

[Trisseh]

Looks like my silkie that turned out to be a pullet. I wasn’t 100% sure until she laid her first egg right in front of me. Haha. She was 15 weeks or so in the pic below.

 

[JedJackson]

I don’t know you guys… I’m still thinking boy. Silkies are so difficult to gender ID and they can fool you
My silky roo based on the criteria that most people use would think was a girl at three months of age. I also have a silkie pullet that has signs of streamers. I was so confused about mine that I finally sent them all for gender ID testing with feather samples. Cost about $13 a bird. Or you can just wait and see who crows or who lays an egg!

Silkies are difficult to sex sometimes!

I think the best policy in this case is to keep an eye on the bird's comb for the next 2-3 weeks. If there is a growth spurt before 16 weeks, then it is probably a cockerel.

But I'm guessing it's a pullet from the present pictures.

 

[jewelg]

Thank you all so much! We’ll keep an eye on Cupe’s comb and see what happens. And yes- there’s always the egg test! Or the DNA- that’s a good idea, too.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I'm stumped. Maybe in a few weeks we'll be able to tell.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Any updates?
My guess was pullet.

 

[jewelg]

Any updates?
My guess was pullet.

You have such good timing!

Cupid laid HER first egg last week, and has since laid a lovely, tiny, pinky cream tinted egg every day since then but today. We are so proud of her, and relieved not to have a rooster! Maybe it's silly to be proud of a bird doing what she would naturally do, but I'm sure many chicken owners on here can relate. I'll post a picture to the thread!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

You have such good timing!

Cupid laid HER first egg last week, and has since laid a lovely, tiny, pinky cream tinted egg every day since then but today. We are so proud of her, and relieved not to have a rooster! Maybe it's silly to be proud of a bird doing what she would naturally do, but I'm sure many chicken owners on here can relate. I'll post a picture to the thread!

I can definitely relate! Just minutes ago I pulled out the box that I keep our tiny, hollowed-out first egg in. It’s a lovely golden. Not a color we ever get, but I can expect a first egg to be wonky.
I opened the box and cried out. It is SO tiny. I knew it was tiny, but not THAT tiny. The girls, over a course of 2-3 months, have tripled egg size.
Such a precious memory, that little egg.

 

[jewelg]

Thank you to EVERYONE who jumped in on this. Cupid laid her first egg on Oct 30 at 5 1/2 months plus 4 days old. She's our squawkiest chicken, and the one or two days before she laid was the first time we saw her really squat. It is such a distinctive behavior and I told my partner, "Wow! She never does that for me! I always have to wander off to catch her, and she just sat still for you while you pet her!" So, now we know what to look for with our other chickens. She's been quiet today, so I think, if my theory is correct and her squawks are part of her egg song, we'll have eggs on the days she's singing. Her lovely eggs are in the photo attached! All my best, my fellow silkie owners and chicken moms and dads. Happy November and be healthy and well. xxx

 

[jewelg]

I can definitely relate! Just minutes ago I pulled out the box that I keep our tiny, hollowed-out first egg in. It’s a lovely golden. Not a color we ever get, but I can expect a first egg to be wonky.
I opened the box and cried out. It is SO tiny. I knew it was tiny, but not THAT tiny. The girls, over a course of 2-3 months, have tripled egg size.
Such a precious memory, that little egg.

Wow! What a lovely memory and keepsake. We've thinking about blowing one and making it a christmas tree ornament. Is that how you hollowed yours out? And was that first egg a silkie egg or a standard breed? Our flock is mixed, and I know silkie and other bantam eggs tend to be smaller, so I hadn't thought Cupid's would get any bigger, but maybe so! Her eggs right now are about twice the size of a quail egg, I would say, which seems pretty regular for bantams when I look at egg comparisons on line. Time will tell. Now... hopefully our other girls will get on board soon!