Silkie experts - hen or roo?

[mindy012]

Again, still too young to know definitively, but I would lean with male due to the wideness on its comb area. Usually girls won't get that big of an area. There's where a nice walnut comb may be growing.

 

[Debbie292d]

I have 11 this age, and some have a wide comb area, and some don't have anything there. One has this and is getting wattles. Yours isn't. I can't decide on my own yet what they are, but there's one I know for sure. Let's give them all another week or two and re-evaluate.

 

[mindy012]

I have 11 this age, and some have a wide comb area, and some don't have anything there. One has this and is getting wattles. Yours isn't. I can't decide on my own yet what they are, but there's one I know for sure. Let's give them all another week or two and re-evaluate.

Okay thank you. I will take more pictures in two weeks from now

 

[mindy012]

I have 11 this age, and some have a wide comb area, and some don't have anything there. One has this and is getting wattles. Yours isn't. I can't decide on my own yet what they are, but there's one I know for sure. Let's give them all another week or two and re-evaluate.

hey it’s been two weeks, do you want to compare them all now?

 

[Debbie292d]

hey it’s been two weeks, do you want to compare them all now?

I'm about ready to let them out to go free-range, so I'm going to grab each one and check mine. Post yours when you can, and let's try!

 

[mindy012]

I'm about ready to let them out to go free-range, so I'm going to grab each one and check mine. Post yours when you can, and let's try!

here’s mine. it’s about to be 13 weeks. i’m thinking it’s a pullet.

 

[Debbie292d]

here’s mine. it’s about to be 13 weeks. i’m thinking it’s a pullet.
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You could be right but I'm still not sure enough to say one way or the other.

Here's one of mine a month older than yours. I was hoping it was a cockerel, but pretty sure it is a pullet. I've been trying to get a chocolate roo and it's not been working out.






And bad pictures but this one I was hoping was a pullet and he's a cockerel. He has wattles that aren't showing but they're there.

 

[mindy012]

You could be right but I'm still not sure enough to say one way or the other.

Here's one of mine a month older than yours. I was hoping it was a cockerel, but pretty sure it is a pullet. I've been trying to get a chocolate roo and it's not been working out.
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And bad pictures but this one I was hoping was a pullet and he's a cockerel. He has wattles that aren't showing but they're there.

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well i’ve seen a lot of silkies who are pullets and have wattles at this age so maybe the one you think is a rooster could be a hen.
i’ve raised two other silkies before and they’re both roosters and they got their combs and wattles at 6 weeks. i’m thinking my silkie is a hen because she has no comb and the top of her feathers aren’t that spiky like a roosters. her feathers on her head are more poofed up and neat. she’s also very calm

 

[meeshegg]

Since I'm here, does anyone want to hazard a guess about my new silkies? We looked through several chicks that were hatched this spring and compared. We looked mainly for small or non-existent combs and neater crests. Also compared to the adults for clues. I settled on these two. Hardly any combs, nice neat crests, didn't stand up straight and tall (like one of my last ones did). I would guess they are 3 months old at least, probably more like 4.

The only thing throwing me off is the partridge colored one has some longer pointier feathers coming out of the tail. Im going to be so disappointed if the only other partridge colored chick the breeder had is also a roo She did say I can keep coming back to switch out if I need to but I'd so rather not! View attachment 3882699View attachment 3882701View attachment 3882704View attachment 3882705View attachment 3882706View attachment 3882707View attachment 3882709View attachment 3882710View attachment 3882711View attachment 3882712View attachment 3882714View attachment 3882715View attachment 3882716

did you find out the gender yet?

 

[Njames1963]

did you find out the gender yet?

Both hens