Chick with a foot with 5 toes and the other 4

[ThinMintTheChicken]

Today my polish silkie mix hatched (yay!) but after reviewing the video I got of it hatching I realized one foot has 5 toes and the other only has 4. I've never heard of this happening so I was wondering if anyone has any chickens like this? The chick is completely fine but I am curious, how would this happen? The only theory I can think of is that it absorbed a twin while incubating (if it were a double yolk) and the embryos had different numbers of toes however this doesn't make much sense because the egg is regular sized and I don't think it works like that lol. I did lose power during some pretty bad storms so the incubator was shut off for about 4 hours around the 7 day mark so maybe that had something to do with it

Anyway, I'd like to hear everyones thoughts!

 

[JustBabyMargo]

I’ve had a few chicks with 5 toes on one foot and 4 on the other. They were Salmon Faverolles crosses, which have 5 toes on both feet. Your chick got the 5 toes from the Silkie but only on the one foot. It didn’t absorb a twin, and the power going out didn’t effect it. It just happens sometimes.