silkie sexing

[chicknfun]

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Looks girlie to me too. Very cute baby!

 

[MammasBabies]

The ChicknGardner....think it is a pullet. Run your finger down from top of crest to beak....no bump at top indicates a hen most times. Besides...she looks like a hen to me. but Silkies can fool you.

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

I will try this. I have 10 silkies and believe I have 5 of each which I know isn't good and a few roos will need to go but not until they mature more and I pick the pretty ones I want to keep. My question is this, Do pullets get bumps on their combs to but not the mulberry coloring? Here are 2 of the chicks I think are pullets but I'm not sure. I know for sure which are my cockerels, I will post pictures of both but the pullets are what I am looking for. The first 2 pictures are the ones that I think are pullets. The rest are my cockerels for sure. What do you think about this last chick, Not sure about it, could go either way. These chicks are only 4 weeks old.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

Just wanted to let you all know my sweet Priscila Pearl passed away last night.

RIP my sweet angel bird...
3.5.12 - 5.16.12

So sorry how sad. I know how I felt when my pair of sultans died on me. I went in there coop to let outside in morning and both were dead. I did find another wasp nest in there maybe that is why. I didn't even know why or how it happened. It is so awful to hear that kinda news. I am so sorry for you my dear. She was really cute though I think you need to replace her right away.

 

[ChickenLover WI]

Can you all try to help me sex mine please?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/297632/silkie-thread/21240#post_9249560

and this one to thank you all.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/297632/silkie-thread/21240#post_9249513

I think white boy and black maybe girl well and really hoping to lol.

 

[MammasBabies]

Mamma 2 silkies think first 2 shots are pullets. 3rd and 4th....not sure. 5 maybe a pullet. Hard to tell at 4 weeks.

 

[FeatherFluffer]

Sorry bout this Newb q' but what are streamers?

 

[TheChicknGarden]

Sorry bout this Newb q' but what are streamers?

Streamers are the long thin feather a silkie roo has in its crest ... Start coming in around 3-4 months... It makes their crest look spikey incomparison to the round uniform crest of a hen

 

[Mrs Doolittle]

Winner is my Silkie in question. About 5 months old and as big as my 1yr old laying hen.




My pretty girl, Thelma.

 

[TheChicknGarden]

Winner is my Silkie in question.   About 5 months old and as big as my 1yr old laying hen.




My pretty girl, Thelma.

Winner id say roo with the size of the comb and swooped back crest