silkie sexing

[member 102532]

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one in back boy? front girl? dont know much about silkies but thats my guess

 

[peepblessed]

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I like your opinion and I'm holding you to it!

size wise are any of the chicks bigger than another? they all look the same size in those pics

The buff sitting next to the white is slightly smaller. Here is a side shot of it I took two days ago at 7 weeks.

 

[hdowden]

they do seem to look like pullets. from all the reading and searching i have done on silkies the roos tend to be larger than the hens at the younger ages a stay a bit bigger as they grow. try posting pics of their combs from front and side veiws as well. did you order these or hatch some. eaither way i always expect at least one roo even if i order all females people are people and do make mistakes and so do the test and all

 

[peepblessed]

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I bought eggs and hatched 12 that survived. There are a couple of noticeably smaller ones that I am fairly sure are pullets, one partridge I'm sure of because of color. I will try to post picture of combs but they are all very busy!

 

[aaggjg]

I'll play along.... Here is Tiny a White Hatchery Silkie.... He / She is about 5-6 weeks old.... I know it is really early to tell a Silkie's gender but I'll take guesses...

These 2 images posted sideways even though they show up upright in my browser .... no idea why!!! Sorry!

 

[upmycreek]

Hello, Here are 3 silkie chicks that I received with their mom. I think they are either all girls or all boys cause they look identical to each other...They are about 3 months old

All 3 together

Light Grey Chick (Is this color a blue?)

Dark Grey (what color would this be?) Also is a little bit bigger of the 3 and the most skittish

Darkest of all 3 (I am guessing it'll be black? idk)

And this is their mother...

Any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[silkielover5]

the way i sex my silkies is i dont handle them at all when their chicks. so their pretty wild til their about 2 months old then the hens follow me around and jump on my lap. i have a group of 6 white silkies 2 1/2 months old and all are hens

now the next mystery is what ones am i keeping.

 

[JodyJo]

Here is mine, although at 29 weeks, I think I finally got an egg from her last night....

(here is the egg....very small)

 

[hdowden]

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i'm going to guess that its a boy comb width is a good size if i'm looking at it right. please post more pics later and when it lays or crows. silkies are really hard to sex

 

[hdowden]

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i'm thinking that the bigger one is going to be a roo and the smaller ones are pullets. the light gray would be considered a blue. it looks like you have blues and blacks as far as color goes