Silkie Gendering ~ 10 weeks

[HuffleClaw]

Hello!
I need some help identifying my 3 silkies’s genders. They were 7-8 weeks when I got them, and they are now 10-ish weeks old. They’re all super sweet and friendly, but I’d like to know which genders I have so I can get more girls, if needed, for a proper ratio.

If I need to wait a few more weeks, I can

Color varieties:
Casper is a blue-buff calico (partridge) silkie

Ruby is a blue silkie

Raven is a silver partridge silkie

They’re all bearded, btw

Pictures (I can take more, if needed):

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

The light blue Silkie has quite a large comb for 10 weeks old but the crest looks nice and round like a pullets.
I think all 3 may be cockerels.

 

[Cyprus]

My screen won't get light enough for me to get a real good look.
Looks like Casper is for sure a male. The others I think are female.

 

[Cyprus]

Kayla, I would get them DNA tested.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Kayla, I would get them DNA tested.

There’s some company that only charges I think $17 for bird DNA sexing.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I agree with Cyprus, although I'm not too good with sexing silkies. If so then you would have a trio

 

[HuffleClaw]

Kayla, I would get them DNA tested.

I’ve thought about it, I may end up doing that. If I have 3 boys, I’m happy with it, but it’d be better if I at least had 2 girls

 

[Ladybird CA]

I think I came across a website some time ago that charges $14.

If I were able to keep roosters and just get more hens for them if need be I'd wait but if you don't want to keep that many roosters and feed them for another 2-3 months it might be worth it

 

[JedJackson]

I think they are too young to know for sure, but I think Brahma5000 could be right. There's a lot of comb on all three for ten weeks of age. I hope you get 2 girls, though.

I've never done the DNA test thing, but it sounds like a good idea if you can get the results quickly. Otherwise, you just have to wait a while.

 

[MROO]

First off, I'm not the best at sexing Silkies, but that first pic looks like a male to me, simply because of the streamers in the crest. The other two could go either way, to me. But i desperately want to say females, if only because that's what you want!