Another silkie question, are they silkies? Pictures added

[Ms Ellen]

The pictures from today are not the greatest. The first one is the lavender colored chick, though you can't tell color from the picture. The second is the yellow chick. The last one is a better picture from last week of one of the regular silkie chicks.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

The first chick is a cochin, the second chick looks maybe to be a silkie cochin cross. The silkie on the bottom is very nice looking.

 

[Guinea Goonie]

The second one is more than likely a silkie, the first one is a mix and may be a bantam. Cute little turds.

 

[Ms Ellen]

Those are two different chicks on top. The second chick has silkie feet. I think you are right that they are silkie cochin mixes since the gentleman also has blue cochins.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Since they were supposed to be silkies, and are obviously not, I would contact the person who you got them from, and show them pictures. Personally I think you should receive a full refund.

 

[Ms Ellen]

I am not really that upset about it though. The fertility of the shipped eggs was excellent. I got more chicks than I thought I would. If these two had not hatched I would have had only lovely silkie chicks and still 50 percent hatch rate. The problem would have been if I had sold them to someone as silkies and they turned out not to be silkies. Luckily I didn't. Mainly because I knew enough from time spent reading BYC to know that those two chicks looked wrong. Thanks guys!

 

[LilPeeps]

The first one looks like a cochin, the second looks like a silkie x cochin, and the third is a nice looking cuckoo silkie.

 

[Ms Ellen]

Thanks Julie! I am glad he is cuckoo I like those! Isn't it harder to get nice ones in that color? He doesn't look so hot right now though. They are all into the awkward stage now with feathers and fluff sticking out every which way.