Silkies, Showgirls, & Seramas - 12 weeks old

Genders


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I'd say blue is definitely roo and partridge is definitely female. As for the rest, I'm not sure.

I still have 4 silkies that hatched in March, 2 of which I'm still not sure on gender 😂 hopefully some of the people tagged have answers!
I understand! Last fall we bought 3 Silkie day old chicks and all 3 were boys, but the last one didn’t crow until six months old & was submissive so I was holding out hope for him to be a her, but nope.

Last spring we ordered one white day old Silkie chick, but it died after arrival (shipped from hatchery with our other layer chicks). It was the only chick my daughter wanted and the only one that died. (Thus the need for more fall chicks, but since they were all boys & became aggressive to my kindergartner, we culled them.) So this is round three of trying to get a female Silkie. We are planning on trying to keep a friendly rooster again too.

Good luck with yours!
 
I forgot to add the photo of their weights!
The first notes are from a few days old. (With my initial gender guesses)
Today I added this mornings weights too.
 

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I understand! Last fall we bought 3 Silkie day old chicks and all 3 were boys, but the last one didn’t crow until six months old & was submissive so I was holding out hope for him to be a her, but nope.

Last spring we ordered one white day old Silkie chick, but it died after arrival (shipped from hatchery with our other layer chicks). It was the only chick my daughter wanted and the only one that died. (Thus the need for more fall chicks, but since they were all boys & became aggressive to my kindergartner, we culled them.) So this is round three of trying to get a female Silkie. We are planning on trying to keep a friendly rooster again too.

Good luck with yours!
So sorry the last little one didn't make it :(
I hope you have better luck this time around & get a hen a good roo from the bunch :)
 

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