Silkies, Hens or Roos?

May 4, 2021
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I have 5 silkies that are 6-7 months old. 1 is definitely a roo he’s always been bigger and now already crowing, 1 I’m pretty sure is a hen, my older roo has started mating her recently plus she has always looked like a hen to me. Then I have 3 that look like in between the two others. Why do y’all think?
1 is the “hen”
2 is the Roo
3,4,&5 are the ones confusing me
 

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I think you got a bunch of roosters:(. 2,3,and 5 i believe are roosters and 4 could go either way, and yes 1 is definentley a hen. you can sometimes tell gender by the size and shape of the fluff ontop of their heads the roosters will have a pointier less full fluff like number 2 while hens like number 1 will have a full round fluff. Hope this helps!
 
I was afraid of that. I love them and I’ll keep them as long as everyone gets along but having 5 Roos and only 2 hens most likely won’t work out. I’m going to try to find some grown hens to buy so I know I’m for sure getting hens.

the first one there is Opal, then it’s Topaz, and next is Tourmaline. Might change their names now though 😂
 

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I would honestly rehome some right now. Those hens are going to be in an awful situation real fast. When I was real young we had four Silkie roosters on four hens and it was incredibly disturbing. Unless you're willing to buy 40-50 hens for that number of roosters, I would keep one.
 

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