silkie sexing

[ashleynicole]

Anyone?

So I posted some pics of my silkies the other day and I'm a little confused as to which one you are saying roo and which one you are saying hen.... I'm going to post all pics now in the same thread and maybe I won't get so lost! lol!

This is a side view of the lavender

 

[Naliez]

I'm positive its a roo cuz the crest, wattles, and streamers are what a roo would have

Agree

 

[Naliez]

Anyone?

Im new to Silkies and still trying to figure out mine, but the Partridge looks like he has the streamers, so maybe cockerel? And the very top pic of the lavender has a boyish stance, but those are just my guesses. Hopefully someone with more Silkie experience can be of more help. They're pretty birds!

 

[ashleynicole]

Im new to Silkies and still trying to figure out mine, but the Partridge looks like he has the streamers, so maybe cockerel? And the very top pic of the lavender has a boyish stance, but those are just my guesses. Hopefully someone with more Silkie experience can be of more help. They're pretty birds!

Thanks for your input... I love the Silkie breed they are such friendly little birds

 

[WhittHavenFarm]

The wait is killing me. This is Marley my paint silkie. About 6 weeks old. "He" is much larger than my other slightly younger chick. I don't have a ton of photos but can take more. May be too early still. Hoping for one of each. My other is a splash.

Sky the splash

 

[blkjak]

Anyone?

Lavender is a pullet i believe.

 

[chickendreams24]

X2

 

[chickendreams24]

Can I get some help with mine please?

 

[Naliez]

Hoping you all can help me. Two of my silkies are obviously roos and I think I have two pullets but then I also have two I'm not sure on. They're about 20 weeks.

The first one is my buff(I think it's a buff) and is the smallest of the six has more comb than the ones I think are girls(although the pullets are bearded so no wattles) but doesn't seem to have significant streamers. It also usually seems to stand more like a pullet than even the ones I think are pullets tail is lower but also sometimes stretches its neck. Doesn't truly matter either way because we're keeping him/her but then her name has to be changed from Ginger to Gilligan lol

The next two photos are the two I'm sure are roos the first one is the only other nonbearded silkie in the flock and he's been crowing for months

The next picture is of one that I believe is a pullet(can you tell me what color you think she is please? And also if you agree with pullet)

Just looked and I'm going to have to go take some more pictures of the other two white ones I'll add some group pictures to see if you can figure it out but most of my earlier pictures of them looked washed out.

I'm just going to guess here and say The first, second and third look like they have pretty big combs. The silver (partridge, maybe?) looks like a pullet and I can't see the white ones really well on my phone.

 

[chickendreams24]

So Ginger is Gilligan huh? Anyone else have any ideas?