I hatched out some wonderful silkie chicks from two sets of eggs I got on ebay. One from a seller I have seen mentioned on here before and one I have not seen mentioned. Most of them were great. In the batch from the second breeder there are two that just don't look like silkies to me. They have mostly yellow skin and straight combs. One was much smaller than the rest of the chicks but very healthy and active. I emailed the gentleman and he insists that they are pure and that he owns no other bantam breed birds, though he does have standard cochins I think he said but he insists they are never in the same pen. I kept these two birds instead of selling them as silkies because they don't look like it to me. Will pure silkie lines throw back chicks like this sometimes? I really am clueless since we have never had silkies before. Truth is except for what I read on here I am clueless about chicken breeds anyway, though very experienced with veterinary and management type issues. By the way one of these chicks is a very lovely lavender color while the other is yellow (white or buff maybe?)
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