5 Toes

[koral280]

Our flock started with a 5 toe'd dad and we now have numerous (and I do mean numerous) of his offspring who sport 5 toes........Does anyone know much about this breed? Our understanding is that this is an ancient breed but that's about all we know.

Thanks!

Kat

 

[gpamela3499]

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Do you have pictures?

 

[koral280]

Not handy at the moment but I can get some tomorrow...

Do the 5 toes signify anything?

 

[mjjobbins]

There are a few breeds that have five toes. Houdans, Dorkings, and Faverolles are the three that I can think of right now. There may be more than that that I can't think of. I believe that the gene for polydactyly( extra digits) is dominant in chickens. That would explain why there are so many offspring that have 5 toes even if the mom did not. Can you post a picture of the dad? If not, can you describe him?
Sorry, didn't see the post about pics when I was writing this tome.

 

[Chicken Woman]

What breed are they ? Some breeds have 5 toes like silkies.

 

[koral280]

We honestly have no clue what "breed" these guys stemmed from. I found the dad (and his sibs) when he was just a peep wandering through my small towns backstreets. They're pretty gamey, but dad is a very pretty red with some black, larger bantam size and he's thrown some beautiful birds. If you folks think it's worthwhile, my hubby LOVES to snap pics of his birds and I could post again with pics.

 

[koral280]

I also just realized that there is a "what breed am I" section to this forum...sorry for posting in the wrong place.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

What type of comb or top notch does your daddy chicken have ?

I am posting the breeds I know (except silkie, because there are SOOOO amy pics of silkies on this site).
So here goes:

A Mottled Houdan roo.

Dorking roo

Favorel roo

Sultan roo

 

[BlackBart]

Do your five toed chickens have five normal toes? or do they have toes growing off of toes?

I should take some pictures of my Sasquatch toed Rooster to show you what I mean, very odd indeed

Never have seen anything like it before.
I don't have any idea what kind of chicken he is either.