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[craftyhunnypie]

Hiya - as you all know, I hatched 3 showgirl chicks a few weeks back. It's now becoming a bit obvious that I might have a trio! Yay - this is just what I wanted! However, just to confirm their sexes - does anyone else have showgirls that I could cross reference chickie photos with? They are almost 6 weeks old.

I'm certain the black one is a girl & also one of the white ones a girl. They have almost none existent combs - just a few little bumps. However, the other white one has a different comb. It is like a squashed pinky raisin. It is also quite bossy & protective of the brooder cage. - so I think it's pretty definite a boy.

They all have brilliant silky feathers & fabulous punk hairdo's.

Emma.x

[laurmurf]

I got a showgirl at POL and we were all absolutely sure she was a girl...until she crowed. 'we've had to give her up, sadly. They can be hard to sex, but I do hope you've got a trio!

[craftyhunnypie]

I'll try & take some photos later - if I can get them to stay still!

Emma.x

[Redwing]

I'd have thought that the single comb influence of the TNN would make them easier to sex but having seen the one that Laurmurf posted about above I would have said 100% that it was a pullet when she got it and it was a fair age by then too! I can tell my normal silkies at a much younger age than that

 

I think the thing that tricked me was the narrow space where the comb is, on a normal male Silkie the gap is wider to accomodate the walnut comb, on this particular showgirl the comb that came from nowhere was a thin walnut comb with single comb points so obviously the gap was narrow

[craftyhunnypie]

Have contacted the breeder & she also said she thought I had a trio. She also mentioned that from a black girl & white boy - I could breed blue & splash.

Emma.x

[Lewis]

She also mentioned that from a black girl & white boy - I could breed blue & splash.

Blue girl please

[craftyhunnypie]

Swap you for Cilla Lewis!

Emma.x