Silkie is it still to early to tell gender?

[Windswept]

I have three 4 week old white silkies. Any guesses from the silkie experts?

First is Big Boy (LOL I know but I have always felt is was a boy)

Second is Butterball

Third is my shy one Malberry

My guess has been 3 roos or possibly Malberry is a pullet.

Stacy

 

[amyquilt]

My guess would be first 2 roos, Malberry a pullet. BUT I'm new to this, so I could definitely be wrong.

 

[Windswept]

Thanks Amy, that is kinda what I am guessing but I am new and these are my first chicks. I can only keep the girls, got a good friend that has been nice enough to take my boys so far. Took her 5 roos last week of the cochins. Of 12 chicks it is looking like I will end up with 4 pullets which is in the range I was wanting to be.

 

[Guitartists]

Looks like all roos to me.

 

[Windswept]

At what age will I know for sure? Was hoping that I would have at least 5 pullets but if these are all roos that will leave me with just 3 pullets out of the bunch.

 

[Guitartists]

At about 8-10 weeks you could tell mine was a roo. He started crowing around 14 weeks...... but once he moved out to the coop where the older roo was, he hasn't crowed since. So, my guess is that if you have any older roos around they may not crow much.

 

[Windswept]

These are my very first chickens. I can't keep a roo here hence the main reason I am trying to figure out my pullets from the roos.

I was really wanting a few silkie pullets but I guess my luck is showing

 

[kentuckysilkies]

I think you have three roos. If either is a girl it is butterball.

 

[Windswept]

It's my luck they are 3 roos. Have watched them all three run at each other and bump chests. More so with Big Boy and Butterball but have seen Mulberry do it on one occasion. But I knew it was the roll of the dice ordering in 12 chicks. Just happy that my favorite cochin seems to be a pullet.

 

[Smoky73]

They do look like boys to me, their combs are too wide to be girls I think.