The age old question- he or she??!?

[Cdevine90]

We recently hatched our first two chicks (dad is a silkie and mum is a leghornx). Would love some opinions on the gender of peanut (6weeks - brown) and butter (5weeks-white).

Thanks !

 

[Chookchicken]

The white one is definitely a cockerel.

The brown one is possibly a cockerel, though it is still to early to say. Update at 9 weeks.

 

[NatJ]

We recently hatched our first two chicks (dad is a silkie and mum is a leghornx)

Do you have photos of the parents? I'm curious what colors they are.

Certain combinations of parent colors can produce sexlink chicks (males of one color, females of another), so I'm wondering whether your rooster and hen happen to have the right colors for this.

 

[Chicks in VA]

The white one is male the other is female!

 

[Painted Calls]

First is a cockerel, second is a pullet. Welcome to BYC!

 

[Yard Farmer]

The white one is male the other is female!

X2

 

[Cdevine90]

Do you have photos of the parents? I'm curious what colors they are.

Certain combinations of parent colors can produce sexlink chicks (males of one color, females of another), so I'm wondering whether your rooster and hen happen to have the right colors for this.

This is mum (white) and dad

 

[NatJ]

This is mum (white) and dad

Pretty chickens

Yes, that pair should produce sexlink chicks:
sons in silver (like the cockerel)
daughters in gold (like the pullet)

I think that pair could also produce chicks where the black is replaced by white, which would mean some sons could be all white and some daughters would have gold with white, but they should still be color-sexable.

 

[Cdevine90]

Pretty chickens

Yes, that pair should produce sexlink chicks:
sons in silver (like the cockerel)
daughters in gold (like the pullet)

I think that pair could also produce chicks where the black is replaced by white, which would mean some sons could be all white and some daughters would have gold with white, but they should still be color-sexable.

How interesting!!! Thank you! I thought the whiter chick might be a rooster with the reddening comb but was holding hope (mum was identified as a rooster too when she was a chick but ended up being a hen)