Silkie hen or roo please ?

Danniidoodle

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Sep 17, 2018
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Hi.
I purchased two white silkie pullets ages 3 weeks or so I thought they was. I’m really confused they are now 18 weeks old and I’m really struggling on if they are actually girls or roosters. Help please ? X
 

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First two pictures are of candy and the second two are of flossy x
 

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I also think roos. Comb is too wide and the beak meets at the end. I believe pullet beaks have the top curl over the bottom a little. I am new and only have 2 silkies so I may be way off base. Yours do not look like my pullets in these areas.
 
They look like roosters to me.
The combs are quit large and I think I can see some hackle feathers on them.
Also they're really cute:love

I have no clue at all. I brought them after being told they were girl chicks. I only have these two, either way I love them very much so it doesn’t really matter, the neighbours might not agree haha. I would of liked hens for the egg side of things but am reading one rooster per 10 hens is that always the case? As I don’t really have room for this ammount :(
 
Unfortunately that's the case with the roo hen ratio:( Silkie hens are really poor layers anyways and are really susceptible to predators as they are so small and easy to catch.
 
Unfortunately that's the case with the roo hen ratio:( Silkie hens are really poor layers anyways and are really susceptible to predators as they are so small and easy to catch.

Thank you so much for all your advice, I’ll be happy with my two Roo’s for now then. They are part of the family.
Also do you think just having the two of them will be able to keep warm in the winter as it’s slowly creeping up and it’s worrying me ?
 

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