What sex is my Silkie?

[LadiesAndJane]

Most black birds have a green sheen to them, it is not gender specific.
Here is my Polkie pullet as an example.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Most black birds have a green sheen to them, it is not gender specific.
Here is my Polkie pullet as an example.View attachment 2870528

Oh my goodness! So a Polish and Silkie crossed would throw this? Gorgeous!!! Is this one broody like a Silkie?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Oh my goodness! So a Polish and Silkie crossed would throw this? Gorgeous!!! Is this one broody like a Silkie?

Yeah she’s one of my favorite birds actually, she was an accidental hatch! Slipped one of the polish eggs in a silkie hatch by mistake. So far she has not been broody. She only started laying about two months ago. Her Polish mama is not broody at all!
She’s actually been a very good layer, hoping she takes after the Polish side of the family. I just hatched a bunch of her chicks though, that are 3/4 silkie and 1/4 Polish!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Yeah she’s one of my favorite birds actually, she was an accidental hatch! Slipped one of the polish eggs in a silkie hatch by mistake. So far she has not been broody. She only started laying about two months ago. Her Polish mama is not broody at all!
She’s actually been a very good layer, hoping she takes after the Polish side of the family. I just hatched a bunch of her chicks though, that are 3/4 silkie and 1/4 Polish!

I only have one Polish hen and I've found the same. She's a wonderful layer and not broody. She's a bit bossy to her flockmates, but overall an awesome bird. I have the sweetest blue Silkie rooster ever. He's dark blue. I've noticed some people with similar birds call them black, but either way, I suspect they'd have black chicks as the Polish is black. So I should end up with a similar bird?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I only have one Polish hen and I've found the same. She's a wonderful layer and not broody. She's a bit bossy to her flockmates, but overall an awesome bird. I have the sweetest blue Silkie rooster ever. He's dark blue. I've noticed some people with similar birds call them black, but either way, I suspect they'd have black chicks as the Polish is black. So I should end up with a similar bird?

Yes I imagine they would look quite similar. This girl came from a beardless white capped black polish mom and a bearded recessive white silkie dad. Smooth feathering, feathered legs, bearded or partially bearded depending on the parents.
Here’s another photo of her from the front.

I crossed her with a paint silkie male and half the chicks came out paint and the other half black
Sorry OP for hijacking your thread…

 

[Xhynokei]

Yes I imagine they would look quite similar. This girl came from a beardless white capped black polish mom and a bearded recessive white silkie dad. Smooth feathering, feathered legs, bearded or partially bearded depending on the parents.
Here’s another photo of her from the front.View attachment 2870572
I crossed her with a paint silkie male and half the chicks came out paint and the other half black
Sorry OP for hijacking your thread…

No worries, what a gorgeous baby, never seen a Polkie before

 

[kurby22]

Yes I imagine they would look quite similar. This girl came from a beardless white capped black polish mom and a bearded recessive white silkie dad. Smooth feathering, feathered legs, bearded or partially bearded depending on the parents.
Here’s another photo of her from the front.View attachment 2870572
I crossed her with a paint silkie male and half the chicks came out paint and the other half black
Sorry OP for hijacking your thread…

I just love her! She is just gorgeous!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I just love her! She is just gorgeous!

Thanks! She is such a sweetheart, too.

 

[All4Eggz]

@Xhynokei - did you ever figure out the gender of the silkie?
I'm a little late to the thread.. I saw it was originally posted in October.
Do you have updated pictures of the silkie?

Sorry if you already did an update - I read through the thread pretty quickly so I may have missed a thing or two.

 

[Xhynokei]

@Xhynokei - did you ever figure out the gender of the silkie?
I'm a little late to the thread.. I saw it was originally posted in October.
Do you have updated pictures of the silkie?

Sorry if you already did an update - I read through the thread pretty quickly so I may have missed a thing or two.

Pretty confident she's a he, only because she started crowing even more. Still looks basically the same other than the comb getting slightly bigger, and still no wattles though

Here's a video of the crow (hope the link works) It still sounds quite pathetic at the moment XD

https://www.reddit.com/r/chickens/comments/qieqbs