silkie sexing

[Adorkable]

@Sanafar Hi there. They all look like cockerels to me except for the last one. I hope I'm wrong and you have another girl in there somewhere

 

[BantyChooks]

the top one looks like my buff silkie roo- just found out a few days ago. (thanks BYC!)
i think those are streamers on his head.

 

[Adorkable]

the top one looks like my buff silkie roo- just found out a few days ago. (thanks BYC!)
i think those are streamers on his head.

it does look like yours!

 

[MyMonsters91]

Chickie 1 (3 months old):






Chickie 2 (3 months old):

 

[Jessimom]

Chickie 1 (3 months old): Chickie 2 (3 months old):

I am no expert but chick 2 has definite streamers so I would guess roo, but chick one also looks like it's getting streamers too. Good luck!

 

[Adorkable]

@MyMonsters91 They look like 2 boys to me.. sorry. I hope I'm wrong!

 

[MyMonsters91]

@MyMonsters91 They look like 2 boys to me.. sorry. I hope I'm wrong!

That's okay, if they end up being boys. I got them from a neighbor and they were only $5 each, which I consider a huge deal. I just hope, if they are boys, they get along with each other and are mellow enough for my BR Roo to leave them alone. I didn't expect to add more chickens to my flock until Spring, so it's a smallish flock and if they're males I might get stuck rehoming someone lol. Hope not, FX!

 

[mileehuffman]

Just had to share Charlie my new roo I know he's not a silkie but he's so beautiful He's a blue wheaten saddle americana

 

[misssilkiechick]

Hi, my barba d'uccle kindley hatched me 2 beautiful silkie chicks, currently 9.5 weeks old. I've been trying to guess the sex myself but wanted to see what others thought. The white bearded silkie I have guessed at a pullet and was 99% sure until I started reading this thread! She has no wattles, small comb and walks low. I can't see any streamers but that might be my untrained eye! The splash unbearded silkie looks identical to her red mum in head type which I think is a bit rooish despite being a pullet (is that a word? !) Same size as other chick (though completely different parents), also walks low, slightly bigger wattles and comb and possibly no obvious streamers? Help?

 

[Talithahorse]

Here are pictures of four silkies. They are roughly 15 weeks old. I need to know the sex of all four of them. The pictures of the black silkies didn't turn out as clear as I would have liked and was interrupted by a copperhead appearing in the coop. Needless to say photo session ended abruptly. I know that the silkie on the bucket is a rooster. He is the same age as the other two black ones. I think one is a pullet and the other appears to act more like a pullet but had bigger wattles than the one I think is a pullet but then not near as big as the one I KNOW is a rooster. Ideas?