Silkie expert needed.What pullet or cockeral Pictures are now numbered

[Country Living Farm]

Ok, 5 chicks total. The first are the youngest. You will be able to tell. Then the rest start. There are a few pictures of each. What do you think.


picture 1

picture 2

picture 3

Picture 4

 

[yzmike777]

I have no idea, but just wanted to comment on how beautiful your white one is! The others are adorable as well I have one white one dark one too, right now they kinda look like they are out of a Dr. Sues book so it is exciting to see your older ones! Thanks for posting I will wait and see what others think about their gender

 

[pnuts]

the silkies with naked necks always crack me up

also i dont have a clue sorry

 

[newham0614]

I'm pretty sure the blue showgirl is a roo. I'm not sure on the others. How many have combs?

 

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

Can you number the pics so we can tell which is the same bird. I am not expert and they are very young to sex but I do think I see a hen and a roo in the showgirls. I could be wrong it would not be the first time.
They are very pretty either way.

 

[perolane]

I'm sorry but I'm very confused....are there multiples of each?? I can't tell what bird I'm looking at. It would be helpful if you numbered each one.

 

[Chickenmaven]

Number 4 is a showgirl pullet. I think your white silkie is a pullet as well. It's the roundness of the poofs.

 

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

Ok thanks for numbering. I am not expert as you were asking for but here are my 2 cents.
1 I was thinking pullet till the last pic now I do not know
2 pullet
3 roo and
4 pullet
I am also judging by the roundness of the crest with the showgirls. On the silkie I see no streamers.
The showgirls are still a bit young to sex althoug very nice.
I sent you a pm

 

[Fluffy-Butt-Farms]

ok my thoughts,
pic 1 hen
pic 2 hen
pic 3 roo
pic 4 hen

at this age, you can start feeling a bump if it is a roo...or you should be able to...but if i were you, i wouldnt get rid of ANY until you hear it crow... even the most experienced breeder i know cant tell them apart 100 percent until after they are really getting in their comb. and i've sold many birds that i've kicked myself in the butt afterwards.

 

[SimplySplendidSilkies]

Hey Fluffy Butt what was your deciding factor on #1? I was also thinking pullet but the 3rd pic from the last had me worried. The crest is kinda swayed back in that one. If that pic was left out I also would have said pullet no doubt. I am new to this and have not acutally seen a showgirl up close and personal. So I am just making an educated guess and could be 100% dead wrong. Just testing my skills as I expect showgirls here soon.