Tips on sexing silkies!

[FocusonJesus]

Not an uncommon occurrence in the feed stores!

Agreed, we also got a welsummer ''pullet''
Rooster!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Agreed, we also got a welsummer ''pullet''
Rooster!

Sorry to hear that! Hope you can keep your boys or find good homes for them if you are unable to.

 

[FocusonJesus]

Sorry to hear that! Hope you can keep your boys or find good homes for them if you are unable to.

Yes, thankfully we can keep the roosters, and we have around 30 hens so hopefully that won't be a problem

 

[PippinTheChicken]

He is a beautiful boy @FocusonJesus

 

[FocusonJesus]

He is a beautiful boy @FocusonJesus

Thank you! Now I will be looking for some hens for him!

 

[ChuckenWing]

Sexing silkies- we all know how tricky that is!
We know that you can't get it 100% correct until you find an egg or hear a crow!
But I want to know, how can you get it as accurate as possible? I'd like to gather info to help myself and others.
I might (not sure yet) get a new silkie (around 6-7wks old) and I want to know what features on a chick I must avoid when choosing one.
I will look out for comb and wattle growth, tall posture, saddles and crazy crests.
But what else do I need to look out for?
Any tips?
@MysteryChicken I know you're a master at this so please educate us!

Did you know that if a silkie back claw goes up it means it’s a female

 

[ChuckenWing]

He is a beautiful boy @FocusonJesus

And if the back claw is down its a rooster you can also tell if it’s a rooster if the beak is thick

 

[ChuckenWing]

Here is my young man. He has red leakage on his shoulders, wattle and comb growth and a very hilarious and bold personality.
His personality made me guess "that's a boy" from a day after hatching!


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Some chick pics... As you can see he always wants to be the star of EVERY pic!
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I had a chick that looked like the first picture it was a black silkie chick that was a rooster crowing at a young age but I had to send it because my family does not want any more roosters and plus my favourite brown rooster died

 

[ChuckenWing]

Here is my young man. He has red leakage on his shoulders, wattle and comb growth and a very hilarious and bold personality.
His personality made me guess "that's a boy" from a day after hatching!


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Some chick pics... As you can see he always wants to be the star of EVERY pic!
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My chick like this also knew how to meditate my black one

 

[SilkySilkie]

Did you know that if a silkie back claw goes up it means it’s a female

what do you mean by that?