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Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: silverteen on October 24, 2012, 11:33

Title: help me sex silkie
Post by: silverteen on October 24, 2012, 11:33
i have a blakc silkie chick, only one that htched from 3 eggs, its now around 15 weeks old, and im still not 100% sure what sex it is, some days i think its a hen another a roo?!

heres a pic, sorry for poor quality
(http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s127/silverteen/20121021_170532_zps050dc91b.jpg)

any ideas? the feathers at the neck appear to be a almost golden colour which i havent sen on my black hen.
Title: Re: help me sex silkie
Post by: Spana on October 24, 2012, 16:22
For me thats a hen :happy:


Edited to add, had a look through my Silkie photos and now think cockerel, sorry :(
Title: Re: help me sex silkie
Post by: Chookiechook on October 28, 2012, 19:10
I would put money on a cockerel.... I always judged it on if I could see eyes!!!  Hens seem to get more droopy headgear that pompoms it way over the eyes :(
Title: Re: help me sex silkie
Post by: YoungChickenLover on October 30, 2012, 21:44
Looks like a cockerel- a stunning one at that!