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The father has one recessive gene for silkied feathering, two genes are needed to actually express the silkie feathers. The other gene came from the silkie mom.Thank you, even if the dad is a silkie mix? Rhodebar above explained that the 2 chicks are likely barred due to the barred feathering in the dads tail I had not thought of that and thought since my barred rock was sitting they were her eggs but I think you are all right and it is likely these are from silkie eggs with barring from the dad. Thanks for the info!!!