What Gender is My White Silkie Chick?

[ILoveSilkieChickens]

I just hatched a silkie chick and she/he was literally born on April 7th 2019. So she/he is a week old. She’s/he’s a white silkie chick because the color is yellow. I have a picture of her. I named her Fidget because when she was born she was really restless. Fidget means to be restless. Fidget is also both a girls name and a boys name. Is my silkie chick a male or a female? She squats as she stands and she’s real quiet. She has already grown her primary feathers and she’s only a week old? Is she a girl or a boy?

 

[lutherpug]

Silkies are very slow to mature. There is no way to tell the sex of your bird until they are a couple of months old.

 

[ILoveSilkieChickens]

Ok, well I’ll respond with a new picture of her when she is two months old then.

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

To young to tell. Post pics at 3 months

 

[ILoveSilkieChickens]

To young to tell. Post pics at 3 months

Ok I will and thank you for helping me out.

 

[Keeperofmunchkins]

Yes unfortunately it's very tricky to tell the sex of silkies. Some, usually show standard, silkies cannot be sexed until they lay or crow. However, I have had pet quality silkies that I was able to sex quite early at around 6 weeks. I actually have a silkie chick right now who is only 5 weeks, but I have been very confident he is a boy since hatch because he was born with a large flat comb and has always been very brave with an upright stance.

These are the things to watch for when looking for silkie cockerels: a larger growing comb and wattles, thicker legs, a more upright way of standing and walking, a more outgoing and less skittish personality. These qualities usually take at least a few weeks to become apparent.

 

[ILoveSilkieChickens]

Yes unfortunately it's very tricky to tell the sex of silkies. Some, usually show standard, silkies cannot be sexed until they lay or crow. However, I have had pet quality silkies that I was able to sex quite early at around 6 weeks. I actually have a silkie chick right now who is only 5 weeks, but I have been very confident he is a boy since hatch because he was born with a large flat comb and has always been very brave with an upright stance.

These are the things to watch for when looking for silkie cockerels: a larger growing comb and wattles, thicker legs, a more upright way of standing and walking, a more outgoing and less skittish personality. These qualities usually take at least a few weeks to become apparent.

But can you tell what sex my silkie chick is yet? Does it look like she’s squatting as she’s standing in the pictures?

 

[ILoveSilkieChickens]

My Silkie chick Fidget literally died today and it literally broke my heart.

 

[danceswithronin]

Sorry to hear that. Did you have her under a brooder lamp and everything? What was your food and brooder setup? Was she the only chick? I feel like chicks don't do very well on their own sometimes. They're very social animals and feel insecure by themselves.

As for silkie gender, I have four silkies that are eleven months old and I still can't tell if one is a rooster or not.

 

[AnotherKim]

I figure mine out when they start crowing. Though I think I may have two Roos. That's always my luck. I live in the city, so if I'm right, I have to get rid of them.