Cochin Silkie?

[PaulaJoAnne]

So, this little girl/boy is a cochin, but is color crossed.
What we find interesting, is the only "normal" feathers this chick has, are the flight feathers.
The rest are pure fluff!

Are we correct in assuming a silkie gene has popped thru?

THis is what the tail looks like. Just fluff. No real feathers like its nest mates.

 

[leighhancock]

It could be a cochin silkie cross. Or it could just be feathering out slower than the rest. Time will tell!

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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We know she is not a cross. We do not have silkies. We have cochins.
The rest are well feathered out in comparison, and none of them have or have had this fluff all over.
It will be fun to watch though!

I keep telling dh that I want one pair of bantam cochin frizzles

 

[Namble]

She definitely has that Cochin look to her. But I don't know about Silkie.

 

[chickenlover54]

She looks to have normal feathers, she is feathering out very slow. Have you hatched babies before?