Silkie gender. All boys... or too early to tell? Picture heavy

[SulkyBantam]

Boop/Bop not screaming boy to me.

 

[Smileybans]

Boop/Bop not screaming boy to me.

Both of them? Boop and Bop are two different chicks. I named one Bop because she bops her head all the time. I figured the other one that looks like her needed a name that matched. My husband thinks it’s silly but I thought it was cute.

 

[Matilda Belle]

They all look female at the moment but at that age things could still change. Can you update picks in another month or so?

 

[Smileybans]

It hasn’t been a month but they’re 11 weeks now so I thought I’d update their pictures. I also wondered if they’re supposed to be this small... I have a bantam and they’re smaller than him. I know they’re probably not done growing but they seem like they haven’t gotten any bigger.
floof

poof

boop

beakers

bop

 

[LadiesAndJane]

All looking pretty girly still.

 

[Smileybans]

All looking pretty girly still.

Yay! I hope it stays that way so I get some girls in my flock. Are they of the right size? I know they’re considered bantam in the US but these guys are smaller than my bantam roo.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Yay! I hope it stays that way so I get some girls in my flock. Are they of the right size? I know they’re considered bantam in the US but these guys are smaller than my bantam roo.

Try weighing them on a kitchen scale if you have one. Females weigh between 500 and 800 grams as adults, might give you an idea, yours still have some growing to do. Roos will be bigger in general in any breed.

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

Is it too early to tell? I know they’re hard to sex, and I’ve never owned silkies, but everything looks like streamers to me. But that could just be me seeing things.

Silkies are hard to sex before 18 weeks old. They all look like hens to me but then again I have a roo named Muffin who I would of swore was a hen until 24 weeks old when "she" turned into a he.

 

[Smileybans]

Silkies are hard to sex before 18 weeks old. They all look like hens to me but then again I have a roo named Muffin who I would of swore was a hen until 24 weeks old when "she" turned into a he.

24 weeks!? Wow. I knew it took awhile for this breed but dang. From what I was reading online there were ways to tell when they were 11 weeks. But also that they were hard to sex. Very conflicting. But I’m fine waiting for them to mature. I just hope some are girls. I haven’t had the best luck hatching out girls.

 

[Aunt Angus]

They're so hard to sex.... I don't see anything obviously male, but I am no good at judging. Like I always tell folks, I knew for sure I had a Silkie cockerel... until he laid an egg.