Silkie Gender??

[higginsfarm]

Hi,

I am way new with chickens...........we have 4 5 week old silkies and I know it is almost impossible to sex them at this age. I have noticed that two have a "flat" head above the beak between the feathers and the other two have points standing up. Does this mean I have two roosters or is that just too easy??

Thank you for any help you can provide.

 

[Megan Amber]

Are the points feather type things? If so then yeah it sounds like that would two boys. What is there comb growth like. Silkies are such slow growers that I have the hardest time sexing them!

 

[higginsfarm]

The points are grey, like the "flat" tops of the other two chicks, same type material, not feathers.....I figured they are two young to sex but then I noticed the differences in thier heads....but the chicks with the "flat" tops (no points) are the larger of the chicks.

 

[Megan Amber]

That's strange. Sounds like your talking about there comb. Silkies have different shaped ones then other chickens. Is it possible to post a pic?

 

[higginsfarm]

I will try tonight when I get home. Thanks again and I will post the pictures

 

[Megan Amber]

I will be here when you do!

 

[higginsfarm]

Ok kind of hard to see these pictures but I hope this helps.....see how their heads are different? Boys and girls?










I can't get the darn picture to turn but whatever....you can kind of see the points on the bottom one. What do you think?

 

[hdowden]

leaning towards to cockerels first one due to the width of the comb and the 2nd the height of the comb (looks to be single as well)

 

[Megan Amber]

Okay so it looks like the first pic is a pullet and the second is a roo. But they also look like they have different comb types.