silkie sexing

[jessishatley]

My roo is 15 Weeks and still has his baby voice. Waiting on puberty lol my hen that's the same age already has her big girl voice so I guess it depends on the chicken

 

[kbh82310]

It does. My hen lost her baby voice at least a month ago and the boys slowly followed behind..

 

[megan805]

I have a silkie that im not sure what it is. Anyone have a guess.

 

[Jasonlambert]

Here is my 3 month old w

hite silkie

 

[Jasonlambert]

My white silkie!

 

[jeweliak]

I've got 2 lovelies that I'd love an opinion on. This is Bjørk and Bjørn. They're 5 months old, and, they're identical in almost every way, including size and stature.

Bjørn is on the left in the first picture. The second picture is him/her as well. Apparently, Bjørk missed the closeup photo op. I guess I'll have to try again later for that one.

EDIT: I managed to pin Bjørk down for his/her photo session even if they're blurry...

 

[Adorkable]

I'm new to silkies and was hoping some more seasoned poultry peeps could help sex my silkies which are 8 weeks old.



This is the first one. He's a known cockerel that has been crowing now for about 3-5 days. He is the only one with waddles and he has the largest, most prominent comb out of all 4 chicks.






This is the 2nd one. It has the second largest comb out of all 4 chicks, and I believe is the most dominant (as well as the ugliest lol) as of right now. I am leaning toward cockerel on this one. EDIT: because this one just started crowing as well!






This is the 3rd. She hardly has any visible comb at all and acts very ladylike. I am leaning toward pullet on this one






This is the 4th one. This one has me completely stumped. It has somewhat of a wide comb but it isn't very prominent like the first 2. I have no idea if it's a cockerel or a pullet but of course I hope it's a pullet because it's the only one with any kind of a beard!

Not the greatest pics, but this was only the second time I pull out a camera in front of them so they weren't being very cooperative. I will be happy to take more pictures if requested. Thanks!

 

[Adorkable]

I'm definitely not an expert on silkies, but it looks kind of girly to me

My white silkie!

 

[Jasonlambert]

Ya, I agree I was leaning towards a girl but wanted to hear what other people thought, lol!

 

[ozu]

Can anyone help me with my silkies' sexes? I'm kind of freaking out over here. I thought Willow was a roo and Gracey a hen and now they've thoroughly confused me. I'm kind of terrified that I ended up with three roosters- which is awful because these were my dream chickens- I wanted silkies ever since I saw them on Pet Star!

They're 10-11 weeks old and were really nervous in these pics- they are really attached to each other. (Click the pics for bigger sizes.)

Willow




Albedo (for sure rooster, been crowing for a week or two now- the only one crowing)



Gracey