Silkie Sexing - Guesses?

[JennyBChickens]

I know it’s near impossible to sex a silkie until they crow or lay an egg. How about just for fun?
Nugget- 7 weeks old, largest, very docile, slow, calm, almost silent. Dark buff
Buttercup- 7 wks, has two defined “poofs” on head, light buff/ slight partridge coloring starting to come in, squawks loud whenever picked up, flighty with people

Snowball- tiny 5 weeker, very sociable with all other chicks, my Ameraucana HATES him/her, shy with people, most adventurous/curious to try out new things in the brooder. Squawks loudly when you pick pick up the other two silkies.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

They are a little young still, but I suspect Nugget will be a cockerel. Can you please post pics of whole body, crest, and comb with crest pulled back at 12 weeks?

 

[JennyBChickens]

I will definitely post updated pics as they grow. I'll also update when I get any sort of confirmation (crowing or eggs!). We can't have roosters in my town, so we're crossing our fingers for pullets!

 

[drumstick diva]

too young

 

[JennyBChickens]

too young

That's why I asked for guesses- not definitive answers. Silkies are the hardest to sex.

 

[JedJackson]

My guesses-

Nugget is a cockerel. Just a guess but the comb looks pretty big.
Buttercup is a pullet. Comb smaller.
Snowball is the most difficult because younger but I'd guess cockerel and hope I am wrong. The crest looks more like a male's crest to me.

 

[Mysimplewyominglife]

is the first pic of snowball it looks like the beak is off?

 

[JennyBChickens]

is the first pic of snowball it looks like the beak is off?

Nugget and Snowball both have crooked beaks. Snowball's doesn't look as bad as the pic above, but she had a little wet sand stuck in the pic, which made the beak look even MORE crooked than it already is.

On that topic- are crooked beaks a common thing with silkies?

 

[JennyBChickens]

Here’s Snowball minus the sand on the beak.