silkie sexing

[Veer67]

Hoping to get some ideas on my Silkies... Not sure what the colors are really called but here's my 3! Thanks all!!

#1- looks like a gray Silkie, pullet.
#2- black Silkie, pullet.
#3- blue Silkie, pullet.

 

[CrispyTeacher]

Al

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Right now it's so early to guess but I think marshmallow is a pullet and disco maybe a roo. I'm leaning towards s'more being a pullet but really don't know. Not sure on jazz at all. If you can update with pics in a few weeks you will probably be able to get more accurate guesses. Until then I would watch for roo like behavior as well as stance. My silkie cockerels have carried themselves like little roosters long before I could positively sex them.




Ok here we go.... The babies are two weeks older (8 weeks) and I'm still just as confused as ever! We had our first bath today (trying fermented feed and boy were they messy!) So, we took some glamor shots after. I asked them to work for the camera.... But after a bath, they were just tired Any opinions would be great!

Chick 1: S'more

Chick 2: Jazz

(Crooked beak? Does this make it ineligible to be a show chicken?)

Chick 3: Marshmallow

Chick 4: Disco

Group picture: left to right: Jazz, Marshmallow, Disco, Smore

 

[ashtree]

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Al

Wong=copper. Ha!
Right now it's so early to guess but I think marshmallow is a pullet and disco maybe a roo. I'm leaning towards s'more being a pullet but really don't know. Not sure on jazz at all. If you can update with pics in a few weeks you will probably be able to get more accurate guesses. Until then I would watch for roo like behavior as well as stance. My silkie cockerels have carried themselves like little roosters long before I could positively sex them.




Ok here we go.... The babies are two weeks older (8 weeks) and I'm still just as confused as ever! We had our first bath today (trying fermented feed and boy were they messy!) So, we took some glamor shots after. I asked them to work for the camera.... But after a bath, they were just tired Any opinions would be great!

Chick 1: S'more

Chick 2: Jazz

(Crooked beak? Does this make it ineligible to be a show chicken?)

Chick 3: Marshmallow

Chick 4: Disco

Group picture: left to right: Jazz, Marshmallow, Disco, Smore

Based on the Wong coloring I think your partridge may be a roo. Im not positive about the others because I'm on my phone but they look like pullets to me I'll check again later tonight

 

[Sassytat]

#1- looks like a gray Silkie, pullet.
#2- black Silkie, pullet.
#3- blue Silkie, pullet.

Woo hoo thanks!!!

 

[ashtree]

I wanted to ask, in reference to the red coloring on the partridge do the red copper/splashy color rules apply to silkies when sexing them? Honestly the crest of the bird in question looks pullety (still young tho) and I guessed roo because of the colors. Any silkie color/genetic experts care to weigh in?

 

[sandiTX]

partridge silkie?

 

[subhanalah]

12 weeks old

 

[wyochickenlady]

Here is my one and only silkie. What do you guys think it is?

 

[Veer67]

I wanted to ask, in reference to the red coloring on the partridge do the red copper/splashy color rules apply to silkies when sexing them? Honestly the crest of the bird in question looks pullety (still young tho) and I guessed roo because of the colors. Any silkie color/genetic experts care to weigh in?

You might want to visit:
Silkie Breeding, Genetics, and Showing thread. They have a lot of Silkie color/genetics experts over there.

 

[Veer67]

12 weeks old

Looks like a pullet.