Chick has an extra toe

[PTA Chicks]

Her mommy has the extra toe as well. Is this typical? They're Bantams. No idea what type. Mommy is white with grey legs. Daddy is white but from unknown parents and is smaller than mommy hen. He has yellow legs
Baby has yellow legs and extra toe on each foot. Other babies have grey or yellow legs but normal toes.

 

[cavemanrich]

I always knew that Silkies had one more toe than other chickens. Searching further, I see there are other breeds that do also.
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five toes

No bird has more than four toes except chickens of the Dorking, Faverolle, Houden, Sultan, and Non-bearded Silkie Bantams, all of which have five toes.

Are your chickens any of these listed categories?
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[PTA Chicks]

I have no idea what breed my Bantams are. I got the hen as an adult and she hatched the rooster Bantam from an egg someone gave me with no idea who the parents were. So it's just a big mystery :-D

 

[chickengr]

I have seen silkie mixes with 1 leg with 4 toes and another with 5.

 

[annaBsChick]

Certain breeds have an extra toe. Silkies for example, have an extra toe, among a few others.

 

[Pretty Birds]

Salmon Faverolles have an extra toe and feathered feet.

 

[PTA Chicks]

I'll be interested to see how they grow They just hatched yesterday. Christmas special. I wasn't expecting them.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

5 toes are standard in some breeds but 95+% of breeds have 4 toes.
4 or 5 toes would be a flaw in breeds that aren't supposed to have them.
IMO, it may be due to cross breeding somewhere in their ancestry.

 

[Ridgerunner]

It's genetic, just like having different kinds of combs or even different colors and patterns are genetic. Somewhere in that chicks ancestry it have four toed chickens and five toed chickens. When you breed chickens that are crosses you never know what genes will show up. To me, that's part of the fun in breeding crosses, see what you actually get. As long as you are not breeding for show or have other specific goals it should not matter.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Could you post a picture of the parents?