Tips on sexing silkies!

[PippinTheChicken]

I'm pretty certain Raven is a girl. And I am so glad. Wanted to say thanks for giving all of these tips.
Raven has a perfectly round crest, no wattles, a small thin comb, no saddles etc!
Nothing on her would make me doubt her being a girl!
Even her personality is so calm and sweet

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Pippin's Guide to Sexing Silkies!

MALE

• Tail feathers extend longer than tail
• Wide U-shaped comb
• Wattle growth
• Feathers extending from crest
• Lower back feathers droop down the sides
• Neck feathers are long

FEMALE

• Round crest
• Comb is thin and goes up in 2 parallel lines and join into a small walnut
• Saddle feathers are in an upside down U shape and don't extend further than the tail
• Neck feathers are shorter

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Parts of a Rooster

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Myths about silkie sexing

• If the back claw points upwards, it's female. And if it points down, its male
• Longer beaks mean rooster and short beaks mean hen
• If there is a lump on the leg it means rooster

For the last one, all chickens have spur lumps, but the Roosters ones grow into spurs.

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[FocusonJesus]

Thank you for starting this thread, I have one silkie about ten weeks old, and I think he is a cockerel, but I still am not sure, he has giant comb and waddles, but he certainly doesn't act like a rooster!

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Send some photos of face and tail.

 

[FocusonJesus]

Here he is!

 

[SilkySilkie]

he is like my silkie i also made a thread about him i was told he is a rooster so maybe look at the pictures and compare?

 

[FocusonJesus]

he is like my silkie i also made a thread about him i was told he is a rooster so maybe look at the pictures and compare?

Thanks

 

[LadiesAndJane]

This bird is male.

 

[FocusonJesus]

This bird is male.

That's what I thought... I got him from a plullet bin!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

That's what I thought... I got him from a plullet bin!

Not an uncommon occurrence in the feed stores!