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Bearded silkies often have little to no wattles, regardless of gender. Beards by themselves reduce wattle size; add in selective breeding and wattles go away. Many breeders prefer that silkies have relatively small combs. I really do not mind larger, but well-shaped combs on males, but large combs on females is something I would definitely cull for. Earlobe colour has nothing to do with gender.
i dont mean the combs are huge, just developing, and ear lobes getting color and more than just tiny bald dots, so was wondering if they were even old enough at half grown to tell sexes, but knowing abut the waddles is a very big help, thank you, as otherwise id be wondering about why they never grew in either way if had the one being male or not.
how soon can a silkie go broody?
Youngest I ever had was a feedstore pullet at 4 months--she hadn't even laid yet! (but started setting on others' eggs)
