silkie sexing

[weegarden]

Im new to owning my own chickens I really love this site wanted to post pics of my babies i know its to early to tell roo or hen but they both look different so hopefully one of each..

Hi and welcome. I really have no idea at all. Some people say that if the top hat goes back at an angle it could be a male. I have no idea with my 5 months old.

 

[gRnchick]

Hi and thank you... I feel a little better that im not the only one who cant tell lol..

 

[LadyCluck77]

Im new to owning my own chickens I really love this site wanted to post pics of my babies i know its to early to tell roo or hen but they both look different so hopefully one of each..

Im new to owning my own chickens I really love this site wanted to post pics of my babies i know its to early to tell roo or hen but they both look different so hopefully one of each..

were they from tsc? I got six from them last year, some had non-typical combs for silkies, like your second bird. I can only guess but I'd like to say that one might be your male... They are very tough to tell sex, especially that young.

 

[Chicks-Rule]

Hi! My 2 silkies are 7 weeks old. Can anyone determine their gender?? Thanks

 

[gRnchick]

Yes i got them there. All of my silkies seem to be different. I was wondering why the comb was so different so i guess thats not normal for a silkie thank you for the information i was thinking he was a little roo..

 

[chickendreams24]

Hello, just joined....and new to chickens. We used to raise tropical fish and corals but now getting into chickens. We have 5 silkies, now 3 and a half weeks old. I know it may be too early to tell anything but thought I would post this picture and see if anyone has any possible guesses. What I hope to end up with is 4 hens and 1 rooster, but that is probably unlikely. A friend looked at the picture and is guessing that the 2 lighter colored ones in the middle might be roosters because of the way they are standing and are "more colorful" ...what do you all think? Thanks

I'm thinking no one quessed because they're really too young to tell and the photo doesn't give the best idea anyway. Go back and read the first post and if you still want a guess early give us a few more pics if possible. In that photo all but one seem to be standing quite tall but if they're not used to that environment that could explain it.

Hi! My 2 silkies are 7 weeks old. Can anyone determine their gender?? Thanks

In the first two pics it looks like the one on the left is a pullet the other one I'm less sure about but could go either way. If you got them from the same stock I'm guessing cockeral. However the photos with their bodies if I'm not mistaken the way they're standing is flip flopped and the one with the iffy crest is standing more like a pullet than the other. My silkies were bad with the mixed signals too. Lol for right now and I may have to eat my words but I'm going to guess two pullets and hope someone else chimes in too.

 

[NomanChicken]

This is my silkie who is about 5-6 months old. We thought it was a rooster but he's not crowing and he sometimes acts like a hen. Can anyone tell from my picture if this is a rooster for sure?

 

[chickendreams24]

I can't see the comb well but the crest looks nicely rounded in the first pic. I see the streamerish things that probably had you thinking too we had a pullet that developed streamer-ish things similar to these but they never fully turned to streamers. Can't be sure until he/she lays or crows but I'm guess you have a more dominant pullet there. The wattles are also quite small. Unless you have it around other roos which could keep it from crowing.

 

[ashtree]

This is my silkie who is about 5-6 months old. We thought it was a rooster but he's not crowing and he sometimes acts like a hen. Can anyone tell from my picture if this is a rooster for sure?

I think you have a pullet

 

[malika621]

Wow, not even one guess from anyone to my post above? Ok

I can't help you (as I hav no idea), but I will say that you may need closer pictures of them. That may be why no one has responded. Some pics of the beaks and side views of each individual chick would definitely help. Hopefully that gives you a bit more luck!