A speckled silkie?????????

[PortugalBantam]

I just bought this chicken at the local fair in my town in Portugal. It looks like a speckled silkie but I don't even think their is such a breed. What do you guys think?

 

[chasiekitten12]

How old is it? It LOOKS to be a male auracana. Not a silkie. It has clear feet. No fluff on its feet.

 

[PortugalBantam]

It doesn't have the feathers coming out of the side of its face like the Araucanians.

 

[PortugalBantam]

Also the 2 smilies white silkies I have do t have feathered legs either.

 

[PortugalBantam]

 

[chasiekitten12]

Huh not sure. LOL

 

[BantamLover21]

It looks like a Silkie mix to me, or a "silkied" other breed. Purebred Silkies should have feathered legs, dark skin, and five toes.

 

[chasiekitten12]

She MUST be a mix of silkie and something!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Looks like a Silkie mix to me.

 

[donrae]

Silkie feathers are recessive, so if you breed the mixes together enough you'll crop up with silkie feathered chicks from hard feathered parents. Agree they're mixes as they have the silkie feathers but none of the other traits of the Silkie breed.