Silkie thread!

[Shadow920]

Hi, I bought some silkie eggs from a lady locally and hatched them. I think a couple might have a mix in them, and they are just shy of 7 weeks. I realize this breed is very difficult to sex, but I would welcome any guesses. And or opinions as to what sex they are leaning towards. We are going to rehome any roosters. We are planning on just keeping 1 rooster.
I have never owned silkies, so I am clueless as far as sexing goes.
Ok here they are:
Chick 1





Chick 2




Chick 3

i have no expeience with silkies but i have some rose comb banties and i knew the roosters from the hens during the awkward scraggly stage when their feathers were coming in. the comb is usually the first indicater. i have two barred rocks that i knew were roos befoe my mom even realized. that was an argument that went on for awhile. my mom has raised chickens all her life but theses Rocks were hard.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Tell me your secret!  Mine have slept in nestboxes for 5 years.  The only perch they've used is the 2x2" threshold walking into the coop LOL!  I don't mind since Silkies are pile-on-the-floor nesters so having them in the nestboxes is better than on the colder floor.  I even have one LF that occasionally prefers a nestbox rather than the perch.  I don't want anyone telling me where I should sleep so I let the chickens pick their own spot

Some of my old hens roost in nest boxes from time to time and my WR jumps on top of the boxes at the top of the coop. I also put a play roost in the brooder. I only have one Silkie, a white cockrell. I placed him on the roost til he learned to do it himself. It took about three weeks.

 

[Alex1010]

Some of my old hens roost in nest boxes from time to time and my WR jumps on top of the boxes at the top of the coop. I also put a play roost in the brooder. I only have one Silkie, a white cockrell. I placed him on the roost til he learned to do it himself. It took about three weeks.

Yeah they can take a bit

 

[beagleman77]

Thankyou everybody for your help but I'm going to do ideal poultry

 

[tjo804]

Thankyou everybody for your help but I'm going to do ideal poultry

I am happy with the Chickens I got from them

 

[beagleman77]

Thanks tjo804

 

[tjo804]

 

[Nksg75]

Thanks for the help. I do have another silkie that I am leaning toward roo. Tell me what you think:

 

[Nksg75]

It seems that all the other pics never posted, so here they are.

 

[Nksg75]

For some reason I can't post more than one pic at a time so bare with me here!!