Silkie Gender?

[bradybuck]

Hoping these are hens. What do y'all think?

 

[Veer67]

I think that they are girls

but I'm not an expert.

 

[ramirezframing]

both look like pullets but how old are they

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Pullets

 

[bradybuck]

They should be around 16 weeks. Thanks for the replies.

 

[bradybuck]

Also, they are the same age as a bared rock I have but are about half the size. Is that normal for the breed? They were advertised as normal silkies.

 

[ramirezframing]

silkies are bigger than bantams but smaller than large fowl birds

 

[Veer67]

There are different silkie sizes and some are almost as big as large fowl and some smaller though the U.S. counts all of them as bantam.