Silkies gender guess?? & other silkie questions

[oliviaandjosh4]

I bought 2 white silkie chicks from a guy who said he bought them from Tractor Supply. I've had them for a couple of weeks and they are now 9 weeks old.

My first question, can you tell their gender yet? I know one has a bigger comb & wattles starting to come in so I'm guess cockerel on that one.Which is odd because I thought that one would be a hen since it is smaller and would always hide underneath the other one lol. Not sure about the other. Hopefully pullet

The one I guessed cockerel looks to have a single comb, does that mean it is not full bred?
Also, are all silkies bantams? Mine are still really small for 2 months

My last question, can someone tell me if they are bearded or not?

Thanks!

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Boy the one with the single comb has big eyes! Silkies are extremely hard to sex, but to me the one with a single comb looks like a cockerel while the one with the walnut comb looks like a pullet. As for having a single comb, Silkies from commercial hatcheries (which is where TSC gets chicks) will sometimes have the wrong comb for the breed. Along that note, Silkies from hatcheries are a commercial mix of bearded and nonbearded lines, so they will be kind of in between. Also all Silkies in the US are bantams

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Looks like you have a pullet and a cockerel.

 

[oliviaandjosh4]

Thanks for the quick reply! I hope yall are right I really am wanting a pair to raise chicks off of