What sex do you think is harder to sex? Silkies or EE/Ameraucanas?

[M To The Maxx]

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I meant to put breed but I was thinking of that at the time. You cannot edit a poll btw.

 

[ole-crone]

I can sex most chickens fairly early - as long as they have tail feathers. Silkies take a while. As soon as the tail feathers start to come in - I know what I have.

Female's tail feathers look like hands together - like in prayer. Praying for females! This normally happens before the comb starts to grow.
Males just come in any which way. They normally splay out.

 

[High Roost Ranch]

Silkies definitely. I have to wait until they either crow or ley an egg, and then I'm relatively certain.

Edited for spelling incompetency.

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

Silkies for sure. IMO the pullets seem to be quite a bit smaller than the roos. But my white roo's comb stayed small and dark for a long time. Then the swoosh back crest feathers became very obvious then I knew for sure he was a dude. He stayed on the smaller side for it seemed like forever but still not as small as my hen. then when all the other roos were gone he started crowing.