SILKIE SEXING: EXPERIMENT FOR SILKIE OWNERS

[Laurieks]

OLD post resurrection...sorry... nothing else fits this...
I have 4 silkie chicks; 5 days old; pendulum says 3 boys 1 girl. (other threads say it's BS; it isn't; it's the intuition of the wielder, usually very sub-conscious, and may be subject to what one wants the result to be). Just like dowsing for water, or oil. My Grandpa did very well dowsing for Oil in his day, so I hope I got the gene for this.

The 'girl' has a bigger crest (I know, prob not a girl thing, more of a quality thing, right?) and is taller (and was first to hatch). The 'boys' occasionally run and 'flutter' at eachother, or at nothing, as if they were sparring.
Turning over, the 'girl' relaxed, the boys resisted.
Waving a scarf; they all ran. Will try it earlier on the next batch.
I heard that Silkies may hatch out 60-70% male. True?

Thanks

Will update when they prove what they are.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

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[Elite Silkies]

I just terrorized my 2 month old Silkies. They all ran, but 3 of them starting fighting each other. Maybe those are my roos.....

 

[silkiechick05]

Maybe it won't work on older ones...

I will go work mine over!


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[Fudgie]

sometimes I have heard) LOL just could not resist!!

edited because I have a better one

When they lay an egg Hen, When they don't Chicken soup!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Unfortunately I have since found out that I stated it backwards; it is a 50% chance of being wrong.

 

[SunshineSilkies]

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Unfortunately I have since found out that I stated it backwards; it is a 50% chance of being wrong.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

The scaring method does not work (at least in my case). My roosters are just as scared as the hens. I have 2 cockerels, 3 pullets that were hatched in July. The males are just as afraid as the females.

 

[floridamama]

We have had pretty good luck with sexing them by looking at their tips of their wings a day after hatching. IF they are all the same they are one gender and if the feathers are 1 up 1down pattern they are the other gender. We so far have had a 90% accur. We have done the needle and thread over their heads and believe me it does work. we get 95% right. It works best if one holds the bird, the other hold the threaded needle and most importantly stand in a draft free room.

 

[racuda]

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I have 6 Silkies, and only 2 are female. That is 66% male.