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Super cute! But there is no way to tell at this age what sex they will be. I have even had 5 months old trick me I think they are hens and the next thing I know they are Crowing.
I've only had silkies a year and it's hard to tell if they are girls or boys for me still. I had one that I asked fellow byc'ers and most of them said boy. She laid eggs soon after. She's a loyal broody too. I recently added a few of my juveniles to my b/b/s pen. One that I could have sworn was a girl the roo attacked and the other 2 he tried to breed. Some of mine are clearly boys because the longer feathers on their crest. The name of them escapes my memory right now. But some it's hard to tell. I tried the bump on the leg method and was all wrong. So I just wait. I have 4 that I plan to get some good pics of and put on here and ask what color they are. I'm guessing red partridge. Three of them have dark crests and 1 has was looks to me to be either buff or red. I wish there was a color chart of colors for silkies somewhere. Does anybody know of a link? I would love to get some into showing but I have alot to learn.
Inga Ladd used to have one before msn took down their group message boards. You could try googling "silkies in color" and see if you can find a current link. Also, if you are a member of the American Silkie Bantam Club, there is a chart in this year's Yearbook on pages 26 & 27.
Super cute! But there is no way to tell at this age what sex they will be. I have even had 5 months old trick me I think they are hens and the next thing I know they are Crowing.
I've only had silkies a year and it's hard to tell if they are girls or boys for me still. I had one that I asked fellow byc'ers and most of them said boy. She laid eggs soon after. She's a loyal broody too. I recently added a few of my juveniles to my b/b/s pen. One that I could have sworn was a girl the roo attacked and the other 2 he tried to breed. Some of mine are clearly boys because the longer feathers on their crest. The name of them escapes my memory right now. But some it's hard to tell. I tried the bump on the leg method and was all wrong. So I just wait. I have 4 that I plan to get some good pics of and put on here and ask what color they are. I'm guessing red partridge. Three of them have dark crests and 1 has was looks to me to be either buff or red. I wish there was a color chart of colors for silkies somewhere. Does anybody know of a link? I would love to get some into showing but I have alot to learn.
Inga Ladd used to have one before msn took down their group message boards. You could try googling "silkies in color" and see if you can find a current link. Also, if you are a member of the American Silkie Bantam Club, there is a chart in this year's Yearbook on pages 26 & 27.
