Odd silkied feather tips

[RiddleMe]

Long story short-ish, I had a very confused broody, off the nest for 2-3 hours at a time, even laid a few eggs while setting. But I let her keep some eggs, which she abandoned morning of day 24. I decided to crack them open and see when they quit and one peeped at me!! After a very rough start, it is now a healthy 4 day old chick. But it's wing feathers are coming in and I noticed the tip of each feather is silkied, then it becomes normal. Wondering if anyone else has seen this? Could this be a result of the temp fluctuations during incubation? This is a barnyard bred cuckoo marans x EE chick, there is no silkie in it's background that I am aware of.

 

[silkiechicken]

Are you taking about the baby chick fluff at the tip of the juvinile/baby feathers? That's normal. They do not appear to have silkied feathering.

 

[RiddleMe]

I wasn't thinking s/he would have silkie feathering, I just thought retaining the chick down at the tips was odd. I've gown out 50+ chicks in the last two years and haven't had any of them look like this, which is why I was thinking it ws incubation related.