Help Sexing 4 wk Old GLW and SIlkies

[SharBear]

Hey! Our three chicks are almost 4 weeks old and unsexed. Any guesses would help as we're urban dwellers and can't keep roos! Chicks 1 (a silkie) and 3 (a gold laced wyandotte) are considerably bigger than Chick 2 (a silkie) and have been from birth. All are pretty similar in temperament. Thanks!

Chick 1 (top) and 2 (bottom)



Chick 3

View of feathering



Tiny spurs starting


Chest colouring

 

[Time-Out]

Chick three is a cockerel, but I can't see the combs on the other two. And the spurs aren't starting to grow yet ;-)

 

[aoxa]

The silkies are far too young to sex. I would wait until week 8, and then it is easier to tell, but not quite 100%, by 12 weeks you should know, and by 16 weeks you would be 99% certain (usually).

 

[hdowden]

all chicks have spur bumps on them so that is no indication of gender. the silkies really need a shot of both combs and a pic of them standing side by side might help with their gender as for the glw it appears to be a cockerel

 

[SharBear]

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[ChickenPeep]

The silkies are way too young, sorry. Don't know about the others but they sure are cute.