Thanks for the response. What am I looking for as far as their comb and crest to sex them? Will their comb be larger for a roo? It is so minimal to start with. Also, will the roo feathers be glossier? the blacks look that way, but I can't tell on the whites.Occasionally a silkie can be sexed at 7 or 8 wks. but usually they can be sexed at 3 or 4 months. Some times you have to wait until they crow or lay an egg! Welcome to the silkie thread! I wouldn't hang around here too long though as there are lots of silkie enablers here and you will end up getting so many more you won't know where to put them!
We wanted more but they did not hatch. We started with 18 eggs, three hatched, one never grew and didn't make it a week, the second developed wry neck and didn't recover. So, we have one tiny fluff ball in with Favorelles, Houdans and Araucanas. You know how chicken math is.