Would love help sexing these.

[Slothinc]

@Slothinc These ones okay? They're all standing weird because we put them up higher to get good pics.

Oh goodness, what adorable babies! Those are good pics. It is a hard age to try to discern the genders lol! I would guess that probably “H” is a boy. “I” also has a pretty large comb, but it is a straight comb, and I don’t have much experience with straight combs to know if that is normal for 9 weeks.

For the rest, none are really screaming to me that they are boys… one thing you can do at this age is just observe them and how they interact with each other. A lot of times the boys will have little scuffles with each other (but the girls sometimes take part as well, so it is not always a definite sign!) The boys tend to hold themselves more upright, and the girls more horizontal. And it is not always the case, but a lot of the time, if you put food on your hand and hold it out, the boys will approach first. They may seem “friendlier” overall. Again, this is not always the case. But these are signs that I tend to look for!!

Honestly though, to me most of your batch looks like female, which is super lucky!

 

[JessiV14]

Oh goodness, what adorable babies! Those are good pics. It is a hard age to try to discern the genders lol! I would guess that probably “H” is a boy. “I” also has a pretty large comb, but it is a straight comb, and I don’t have much experience with straight combs to know if that is normal for 9 weeks.

For the rest, none are really screaming to me that they are boys… one thing you can do at this age is just observe them and how they interact with each other. A lot of times the boys will have little scuffles with each other (but the girls sometimes take part as well, so it is not always a definite sign!) The boys tend to hold themselves more upright, and the girls more horizontal. And it is not always the case, but a lot of the time, if you put food on your hand and hold it out, the boys will approach first. They may seem “friendlier” overall. Again, this is not always the case. But these are signs that I tend to look for!!

Honestly though, to me most of your batch looks like female, which is super lucky!

Thank you!! That's the feeling I have as well. (Mostly ladies) Thanks again!! Will be excitedly waiting to see what they end up being!

 

[JessiV14]

Oh goodness, what adorable babies! Those are good pics. It is a hard age to try to discern the genders lol! I would guess that probably “H” is a boy. “I” also has a pretty large comb, but it is a straight comb, and I don’t have much experience with straight combs to know if that is normal for 9 weeks.

For the rest, none are really screaming to me that they are boys… one thing you can do at this age is just observe them and how they interact with each other. A lot of times the boys will have little scuffles with each other (but the girls sometimes take part as well, so it is not always a definite sign!) The boys tend to hold themselves more upright, and the girls more horizontal. And it is not always the case, but a lot of the time, if you put food on your hand and hold it out, the boys will approach first. They may seem “friendlier” overall. Again, this is not always the case. But these are signs that I tend to look for!!

Honestly though, to me most of your batch looks like female, which is super lucky!

And yes, SUPER lucky! Our feed store had them in April. So, it was my early Mother's Day gift. Then I got ent to TSC the other day and they had 6 in there. Manager sold them to me for $1 each! And my milk customer has traded me silkie hatching eggs twice for milk.



And here (below) are out of my first hatch.

 

[Slothinc]

Oh my goodness, you are in silkie heaven!!!! I love it! My favorite breed by far! I am working to breed blue/green egg laying silkies right now. Still in the early stages of the project, but having a lot of fun! Also working towards lavender silkies as well! Feel free to keep updating as all your babies get bigger, I love to play the gender guessing game