Silkie hen or roo? 15 weeks

[chickie10]

We hatched silkies early this summer for the first time. We’ve had chickens for 8 years, but first time hatching and first silkies! We didn’t have a good hatch rate and out of the 2 that hatched we sadly lost 1. That said, we have the most beautiful blue silkie (I think it’s blue... do silkies come in gray?) that we were pretty sure was a pullet, but now it looks like it has streamer feathers growing out of its crest so we are wondering if it’s really a roo?? I think it’s bearded, not much of a comb or wattles... what it does have is very dark. This silkie is 15 weeks now. Here are some pics-I don’t have one of the comb, but could if it helps!

 

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View attachment 1928348 View attachment 1928349 View attachment 1928350 We hatched silkies early this summer for the first time. We’ve had chickens for 8 years, but first time hatching and first silkies! We didn’t have a good hatch rate and out of the 2 that hatched we sadly lost 1. That said, we have the most beautiful blue silkie (I think it’s blue... do silkies come in gray?) that we were pretty sure was a pullet, but now it looks like it has streamer feathers growing out of its crest so we are wondering if it’s really a roo?? I think it’s bearded, not much of a comb or wattles... what it does have is very dark. This silkie is 15 weeks now. Here are some pics-I don’t have one of the comb, but could if it helps!

Looks like a Rooster, but can you push back his fur on his face to see the comb to make sure. Send picture

 

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Looks like a Rooster, but can you push back his fur on his face to see the comb to make sure. Send picture

Here’s my lil guy....his name is Greyson

 

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Here’s my lil guy....his name is Greyson

Yours has “Streamers” coming out of the back of the head, indicates a Roo...compare to my lil guy

 

[chickie10]

Yes, we thought those were streamers! Here’s the comb

 

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Yes, we thought those were streamers! Here’s the comb View attachment 1928365

Sure enough, that’s a baby Roo! Adorable!

 

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Sure enough, that’s a baby Roo! Adorable!

I trim the fur around Greyson’s eyes, I’m not showing him he’s just a pet along with my other 2 white lady silkies (my profile picture)

 

[chickie10]

I trimmed the fur around his eyes the other day, but I don’t think I did a very good job. I was afraid of trimming too much and making a mess of the poof, but he can’t see very well so I will do a little more!
Funny enough we ordered 6 female bantams that were delivered in September since we had such poor luck with our hatchlings this summer. One was definitely sexed wrong as we are sure it’s a roo -mottled Cochin bantam (we have 2 mottled Cochins and they were identical until about 2 weeks ago!) Now I have 2 unexpected roos plus a little buff silkie roo I purposely ordered with the bantams .

 

[PioneerChicks]

I don't mean to be rude, but I think it's a girl. I don't really see any streamers, it's comb is round, and her posture is girly. Can you please send a pic of the comb?
I think it is a partridge.
Check out this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ply-spectacular.1334299/page-90#post-21827191

 

[chickie10]

I did post a pic above of the comb! Those white streaks in the 3rd pic are what look like streamers to us. They are distinctly different from the poof! I could be wrong, but not sure what else they would be?

What makes you say partridge? I thought partridge was brownish? Ours is definitely gray (blue?) and not brown! The roo we lost we thought was a partridge- again I have zero silkie experience aside from this one and our younger silkie roo (he’s a buff for sure as I bought him from my pet chicken as a buff silkie roo) so I could be wrong!