Silkie thread!

[tjo804]

Just guessing
Because of the poofy hair do and the fact that the posture is not so tall and kingly I am saying Pullet.

Are there other identifiers out there?

 

[michellemire]

By 5 months old I would think a roo would look more like a roo.  Mine are 3 months old and the roos have the big raspberry comb.  So I guess a pullet.

thanks for guessing I was think pellet bc my other one has bigger comb n it's bumpy on it

 

[pattywac3]

I never know til they start crowing.

 

[pattywac3]

They are beautiful and the scenery is georgus!  I hope mine get to be half that pretty. I really like the bearded look.

 

[pattywac3]

You have pretty red Silkie's! I have bought 2 red Silkie's and both have turned out to be roosters! I paid too much for this last one and breeders thought for sure it was gonna be a hen! I even bought it as a 2 month old instead of a tiny chick! I guess I may as well give up! Tired of wasting my money with no guarantee on sex.

 

[michellemire]

what color would you call this chicks it's gray with brown in it

 

[Fancychooklady]

hen r rooster it's 5 mths old

At 5 months you should have heard some crowing practice. Looks very rooish to me .

 

[Fancychooklady]

what color would you call this chicks it's gray with brown in it

Could be blue partridge with that black moorcap coming in.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Just curious. Why do the young silkies seem to have such oily feathers? I thought mine had overactive oilers till I got two new ones yesterday.e

Congrats. Not sure what you are referring to , where are they oily ? Pics ?

 

[Sylvester017]

You have pretty red Silkie's! I have bought 2 red Silkie's and both have turned out to be roosters! I paid too much for this last one and breeders thought for sure it was gonna be a hen! I even bought it as a 2 month old instead of a tiny chick! I guess I may as well give up! Tired of wasting my money with no guarantee on sex.

There's a $25 lab fee for testing Silkie chicks on sex but it's like a 4+ weeks wait so it's best just to wait til a Silkie grows out. We weren't sure of our cockerel until 5 months old and then crowed. I suspected it was a male at 3 months but weren't certain until the crowing and when he mounted his sister. He was re-homed the next day. I hated to re-home him he was so sweet but I couldn't have him wearing out his little sister.