silkie sexing

[aoxa]

Yes, I think I've heard that before too.  I guess I still call her a Blue Partridge because she hatched out of BBS eggs-LOL!

Did I explain that correctly about the red and penciling for LaynaDon's 2 partridge?  Would you agree that they are both pullets? 

Layna-You are so lucky to get girls............and you're allowed roosters!  I've re-homed over a dozen roosters this year!

I would agree yes. I think they have female colouring.

I feel like my 'regular' partridge is still blue But I was told over and over it's just regular partridge.

Your girl has really nice type!

 

[aoxa]

You have amazing colors! I've seen pics of your roo-steve, right? And he looks like he would make good babies I have pretty basic colors. Just black, white, and one partridge. Oh, and my buff roo. But I've been really hoping to expand that to colors like blue partridge and lavender

Well thank you so much! Steve is the father of all of my silkies right now. Hopefully my sizzle George will step up and make some funny looking kids as well. I bred buff to blue and got an array of colours. So breed your roo to them all and you should have lots of fun looking kids! Right now I am not breeding for anything specific. I believe Steve has partridge in his background for sure though.

My little man. Your black hen is very nice! I love the cushion

 

[silkiemelon]

Well thank you so much!

Steve is the father of all of my silkies right now. Hopefully my sizzle George will step up and make some funny looking kids as well.
I bred buff to blue and got an array of colours. So breed your roo to them all and you should have lots of fun looking kids! Right now I am not breeding for anything specific. I believe Steve has partridge in his background for sure though.

My little man.
Your black hen is very nice! I love the cushion

Thanks She's my favorite pullet. Actually, all I have are pullets right now. And my roo cockerel.

But they are 6 months, so they all better start popping out eggs and making babies soon!

This is him. But I'm not sure what I'll get, my chickens may not even breed!
They're kinda all dorks.



If your buff and blue make pretty colors, I hope my buff and white ,partridge and blacks get me something nice. Maybe a calico....?

 

[LaynaDon95]

Hi Cali!

Yes, I ordered a couple silkies finally. I couldn't resist. Especially watching yours grow up. They are adorable!

So, I either have 1 girl/1 boy or 2 girls it looks like. That's very good news. If I end up with 1 of each, that means babies and if I get 2 girls that means I get 2 girls! Who doesn't like that? (Well, actually it still means babies because my Nana has 3 partridge silkie and has offered hers to me to breed should I need them.) Anyways, should I post a better pic of #2's comb for y'all to get a better look? Would that be helpful?
Thank you for all the reviews. I appreciate all you guys' silkie knowledge.

 

[bantamgirl]

What the heck, I'll play along!

I've been on the fence with this guy (or girl) for a long time.
He's 5 1/2 months old.

All of his other friends have been crowing for a while now, so I suspected pullet, but then again it could be a dominance thing.

I see no prominent comb or wattles, but it kinda looks like he could have streamers coming in,
though his friends that are his age have already had their streamers for a while....so I don't know.

I can't really tell by crest, he's a hatchery chick so the crest is poorer quality and hard to judge by.







Sorry about all the pics, I just really want to know!

looks like pullet to me. mine looks the same and i think it is a girl.

 

[bantamgirl]

We are new to chickens and bought some "silkies" (or so the man called them) at a local flea market. He sold us a "pair" of black silkies and a "pair" of blue silkies. Why we needed two roos, I don't know, but he thought we did... He said that the black pair was 5 months old and the blue pair was 3 months old. My questions are:

Are they really hens and roos in the pairs? Are they really a black and a blue pair? Do their ages seem close to correct?

And an unrelated silkie question...the wing feathers on a couple of them look ratty all the time. Why is that and is it normal? Anything else you see about them that I need to know, please tell me! I have a lot to learn.

Thanks for the input! ~Shannon



The black pair

The blue pair...larger one in front (Pepper), smaller one in back (Salty).

Blue pair with the big black one

I have a few more pics if needed but don't want to bore you with them! Thanks again for the info in advance

look like hens and roos to me. i'm no expert on colors but i think they are splash not blue.

 

[omaeve]

If all else fails. The one to lay an egg is a hen.. If you are not sure put one chicken and only one chicken in a cage by its self if it lays an egg, band it with pink leg band.

 

[bantamgirl]

X2

I have 7 silkies altogether and the 3 below ave me stumped? They are 3 1/2 months old. I have one that is crowing so that is easy lol

Your help is VERY much APPRECIATED!

Chicken # 1










chicken #2









chicken #3

i'd say 1 hen 2,3 roo

 

[bantamgirl]

How about Fancy Nancy? Is she really a Fancy Ned? Her poof is wet here, so it may give a false streamer result. I think if she develops streamers it is supposed to happen at 4 months. She's super gentle. Not outgoing the way my RIR roo was, but super sweet. She's between 14-16 weeks. No comb, just flat. No wattles.

i'd say pullet.

 

[bantamgirl]

Here's silkie number 1. Whaddya think?





And silkie number 2.








Thanks for any input you guys may have. I've been curious about these little ones for about 3 months now. =P I wanna know what I have!

i'd say 1 roo 2 hen.