Silkie D'uccle cross, any ideas yet?

[PheasantsFirst]

They hatched 5/18 so they are a little over a month old. I think they may still be too young to tell, but you never now.

Chick one





Chick 2

 

[luvmypets]

Cant say but i love their color.

 

[Griffinsong]

Hmm, half a really hard to sex breed, half a really easy to sex one, interesting combo.
It's still a little bit early but neither of the two looks roosterish right now.

 

[PheasantsFirst]

I hope their hens, but it still might be to early.

 

[donrae]

I'm lightly leaning toward male on the top and female on the bottom. Male on the top only due to the reddish shading.....which parent was the silkie, do you know?

 

[PheasantsFirst]

Ok. Perhaps I should have included that info. For both, the dad is a white silkie and the mom is a porcelain d'uccle.

 

[donrae]

Ok. Perhaps I should have included that info. For both, the dad is a white silkie and the mom is a porcelain d'uccle.

I'm not positive on this, but my understanding is, if the father is the silkie and the mother has yellow skin (and d'uccles do, I believe) then the chicks are sex linked by shank color. Dark/black is female and yellow is male. I'd sure like that to be the case here, cause you'd have two pullets

 

[PheasantsFirst]

They've grown some and I'll try to get closer pictures in the next couple days. One is getting a black beard. Possible name?

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[PheasantsFirst]

I'm thinking a hen and a rooster, sorry the pics aren't the best, I can only catch them at night.
Hen

Rooster

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