Silkies gender game!

[BabsChickieNewB]

4 week old silkies. 1 partridge, 1 buff, 2 white. Saw an article on U shaped combs vs V shaped combs to tell the gender (boy-U, girl-V) and it makes me wonder if you can tell earlier bc my chicks have very clear U and Vs at this age might as well guess as we wait

 

[Debbie292d]

So pretty!!

I have 10 nearly 3-month-old silkies that I still can't tell. I don't even guess anymore as I know whatever I think one is, it's going to be the opposite lol.

 

[Cloverr39]

I'm suspicious of 3, 4 and possibly 1 being cockerels. Update when they'll be 8 weeks old.

 

[BabsChickieNewB]

8 week old update. I still can’t tell for sure, maybe another month?

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

I think 2 is the only female.

 

[BabsChickieNewB]

I think 2 is the only female.

That’s the only one that has female attitude but also the only one with rapidly growing wattles. I wasn’t sure if that was the same as rapid comb growth seen mostly in males or not

 

[Silkiebegins]

I think 1 is a hen, number 2 a hen, number 3 a roo and 4 a hen. This was a fun idea of a guessing a day.

 

[Silkiebegins]

and for @BabsChickieNewB I think all the others are hen except for 4 and 3.

 

[Slothinc]

That is strange that the one with the smallest comb has the fastest growing wattles! I’m eager for an update when you know for sure!

 

[MilesFluffybutt]

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That’s the only one that has female attitude but also the only one with rapidly growing wattles. I wasn’t sure if that was the same as rapid comb growth seen mostly in males or not

I had a Silkie hen that has fast growing waddles. I was so convinced she was a he, but she laid an egg. That's kind of how it is with Silkies - wait for them to crow or drop an egg.

I was told by a long time Silkie keeper that head poofs are a good way to determine gender. Hens have a more uniform poof while roos tend to have "streamers" poking out. Just longer feathers poking out of the poof.