Silkie Gender

[kstephan1722]

A while ago I bought what I thought were 4 silkies from TSC. Only 2 turned out to be actual silkies (the other two were bantams, but one was a de' uccle, so I'm ok with it!) Sadly, one of my silkies died when she was about 2 months old. Thus, I'm left with one silkie which I really want to be a hen so I can eventually have my own silkie babies. This chicken is about 16 weeks old. Any guesses?

 

[chocolateeggs]

That looks like a male to me . Silkies are tough though, is there a bump on the comb at all? My hens have no bump whatsoever and my males do. My females also have a more rounded feathers on their head and the males look a bit wilder.

 

[tec27]

looks like a male. females look like they have large cotton balls on their heads. males usually have streamers or kind of albert einstein kinda looking hair on their heads.