Chicks growing strange feathers

[inquisitivebird]

This girl maybe the reason for the Silkie feathering. Noticed she has light leg feathering, the crest is a clue for me too. I believe she's a Silkie mix of some sort.
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This is my girl Griffen, she's Silkie/Brahma X Silkie. For comparison.
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Despite being solid feathered, she may be split for the Silkie Feather gene.

Silkie mixes vary alot some may lack, or maybe missing some specific traits such as Crest, Walnut, Rose, or Pea comb(Based genes of walnut comb make up), 5 toes, black skin, or leg feathering.

Thanks for this, yes, I think everyone is right that Funny hat was part Silkie. I personally think she may have only been 1/4 silkie or less.

 

[inquisitivebird]

Just thought I put post an update. The 7 new chicks from the same parents as the strange feather chicks have feathered out enough for me to see their feathers. They all seem to be normal so far. But statistically speaking, it is more likely to have all normal chicks than all 6 being silkied like the l other batch. So, I just have to wait for the next batch. I have 7 eggs incubating right now.

One thing I will do though is ask the two people I sold eggs to from these parents, how their chicks are looking. I sold a dozen eggs not long before I realized the feathers were looking strange on my first batch.

Will keep you posted.

 

[inquisitivebird]

Interesting story.

Funny Hat kind of looks like a Cream Legbar cross too. What color egg does/did she lay?

Funny Hat laid a white egg. She was old when we took her egg. Most of her eggs were soft when laid, but I managed to get one that was hatchable. She did have spurs though which was unusual.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Sounds like the first batch was a crazy lucky one to all be silkied! Thanks for keeping us updated! Can't wait to see what the other people report back with

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I love them so much!! That first picture makes me want to sweep them all up and give them a good snuggle!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I love them so much So sorry that you lost one, though! I had pretty rotten luck with cockerels this year as well, 10 males and 5 females in my big hatch. It wouldn't have been so bad, but I was hoping to build a nice breeding group out of some of these chicks and the best I can do now is a trio pending how everyone finishes growing out. Hatching season's over for me as it'll be too cold too soon where I live to try and rear chicks, so I'll be living vicariously through you.

 

[NanaK]

Following, this is interesting. I've never seen this before. I would love to see more pics as they grow.

 

[NanaK]

Interesting story.

Funny Hat kind of looks like a Cream Legbar cross too. What color egg does/did she lay?

 

[MysteryChicken]

This girl maybe the reason for the Silkie feathering. Noticed she has light leg feathering, the crest is a clue for me too. I believe she's a Silkie mix of some sort.

This is my girl Griffen, she's Silkie/Brahma X Silkie. For comparison.

Despite being solid feathered, she may be split for the Silkie Feather gene.

Silkie mixes vary alot some may lack, or maybe missing some specific traits such as Crest, Walnut, Rose, or Pea comb(Based genes of walnut comb make up), 5 toes, black skin, or leg feathering.

 

[Tretinker]

These are fascinating! Can you keep the cockerels?

It'll be interesting to know how those eggs hatch.

They really are little cuties.