Silkie gender

[DuckNana207]

This is our first batch of silkies, and I hoping for some help deciding what we have... any guesses will be helpful as we are deciding on names. They are all almost 8 weeks old. We have 6 chicks... 2 splash, 2 black, 1 dark grey, and 1 white.

 

[cherrynberry]

This is our first batch of silkies, and I hoping for some help deciding what we have... any guesses will be helpful as we are deciding on names. They are all almost 8 weeks old. We have 6 chicks... 2 splash, 2 black, 1 dark grey, and 1 white.

I am not great at this, but I “feel” like the first grey one is a cockerel. I am not great with silkies though

 

[cherrynberry]

@Rhodebar Lover

 

[cherrynberry]

@TheOddOneOut

 

[DuckNana207]

I am not great at this, but I “feel” like the first grey one is a cockerel. I am not great with silkies though

I originally thought pullet, but now recently think this one is a cockerel as well. And I'm also leaning toward the second picture being a cockerel.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

They're too young to accurately sex the others, but this black one seems to be an early maturing cockerel

 

[Verbon30]

I am not great at this, but I “feel” like the first grey one is a cockerel. I am not great with silkies though

No one is good at sexing silkies. I given up years ago on trying to sex silkies. They have made a lier out to many times. Flip a coin thats. about the best odds you will get. But I do agree the first doses look more likely to be a roster.

 

[Little Baby Bean]

@LadiesAndJane

 

[LadiesAndJane]

@LadiesAndJane

thanks for the tag! The original thread is from June so I’m pretty sure they know by now what they got!

 

[Anime2lover]

This is our first batch of silkies, and I hoping for some help deciding what we have... any guesses will be helpful as we are deciding on names. They are all almost 8 weeks old. We have 6 chicks... 2 splash, 2 black, 1 dark grey, and 1 white.

Silkies are incredibly difficult to sex as growing youngsters. But I'll inclined to agree with the others about you black and grey silkies.