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I would say the blue one front and center is a girl. The one to the right of her may be a boy. If it's comb looks wider than the blue girl then it is most likely a boy. You can start to look for hackle feathers to start developing and some streamers in the crest as well on the boys. Remember I am the worst person at judging the sex of a Silkie. They sure are nice looking birds. I bet you will love having them. Just keep an eye out for poor eaters. Sometimes with the large crests they don't see well and end up not moving about alot and can get pushed away from the feed bowl. I have one right now that I take and place inside at the feed bowl when everyone else is outside so she can eat undisturbed. I am torn as to weather to clip that crest or not. She is so pretty and I may go to a few shows in the fall. I usually end up clipping the bird rather than showing them. I think keeping them on wire is the best way to do with show birds but I just like my flock outside eating grass and bugs. Have fun Beck and let us know what they turn out to be..

Yes you should be hearing crowing soon. I have one that have been crowing for 4 weeks that hatched in Feb. I also have one I am still not sure of yet that was hatched at the same time. You just never know by the crowing. The thing about most chickens is they will usually not crow if another guy has already declared himself king of the coop. Once the original crower is removed another will step up to the plate. That makes it harder to tell on those slow bloomers.