Two 5 week silkies

[Bubblesunrise]

Update!!!

I still don’t really know their genders but I am just happy getting to document their aging process! Currently one of my chicks however, has grown this bit of wing. I thought it was an odd bump at first but now it’s a full part of their wing!

They don’t seem in pain which is my worry, so I haven’t been pressing for answers. But if anyone has been following this, maybe you have an answer?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Update!!!

I still don’t really know their genders but I am just happy getting to document their aging process! Currently one of my chicks however, has grown this bit of wing. I thought it was an odd bump at first but now it’s a full part of their wing!

They don’t seem in pain which is my worry, so I haven’t been pressing for answers. But if anyone has been following this, maybe you have an answer?
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They both look like pullets so far. Any chance the wing growth has claws? It's been known to occur in chickens where they have an evolutionary throwback of having wing claws as sort of a vestigial growth. Here's an image of a hen in a study. Wing Claws in Silkie

 

[Bubblesunrise]

They both look like pullets so far. Any chance the wing growth has claws? It's been known to occur in chickens where they have an evolutionary throwback of having wing claws as sort of a vestigial growth. Here's an image of a hen in a study. Wing Claws in Silkie

THAT IS SO INTERESTING
Yeah, she has a little claw, I thought it was a wing coming in but it’s never changed.

I have been hoping for them both to be pullets, they are super adorable. They are both skittish still and I haven’t noticed too severe differences between the too yet, even as time passes. I’m holding out hope but I know it’s difficult to tell till they are older!

 

[Bubblesunrise]

!!UPDATE!!

I have confirmed one of them is a hen! She is doing breeding behaviors and her comb is TINY. But honestly, the second one still gets me. I may be reading too much into it and worried they are a rooster for no reason. What do you all see?

 

[Briannaquinn16]

!!UPDATE!!

I have confirmed one of them is a hen! She is doing breeding behaviors and her comb is TINY. But honestly, the second one still gets me. I may be reading too much into it and worried they are a rooster for no reason. What do you all see?
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There’s no hackles, the comb is tiny and Silkie roos have spiky hair like my roo snowball here’s him

And females have puffy neat hair like my girl Stacy ( this is her )