- Mar 17, 2016
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My silkies are 14 weeks old. I'm probably 90% certain I know which ones are girls and boys, but I would love a second opinion and feel like you all are so good at this! If I had to guess, I'd say 1 and 3 are cockerels and 2, 4, and 5 are pullets. I lean toward cockerel for 6 but am not totally sure on that one. (We did trim a bit of #5's crest, but only on the side near her eyes and not on the top or back.) In terms of behavior, #3 seems to exhibit the most rooster behaviors, he is always on alert but is much less shy than many of the others and will be the first to come up to us. He is also the largest of them all and has the largest comb. #4 is the smallest by quite a bit, and she's also the fastest and most skittish.
Side note: taking these pictures made me realize how much fluff is in the way of their eyes and I don't know how they aren't constantly running into things lol. It's not wonder #3 is always on lookout duty, I think he's the only one who can see!!
Side note: taking these pictures made me realize how much fluff is in the way of their eyes and I don't know how they aren't constantly running into things lol. It's not wonder #3 is always on lookout duty, I think he's the only one who can see!!
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