Do all silkies have black legs?

[Paganbird]

I tried to do a search, but didn't find a straightforward answer.
I have 2 partridge silkies - just hatched. One has black feet & beak, the other has pale feet with grey areas and a lighter beak. Both have 5 toes.
(I thought I was getting black & white silkie eggs, but of the 12 eggs, only 6 developed. Of those 6, FOUR were partridge. Only 2 partridge chicks made it through to hatch.)
My son picked the lighter chick for his own (he had wanted a white) & wants to show it in 4H. I just want him to have a good experience, but it would be nice if his silkie at least comes close to breed standard. We don't need a SQ silkie - just a good example of a silkie.
Thanks for your help!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Yes they should. But sometimes silkie chicks will hatch with lighter legs/feet and over the next couple weeks the skin will get darker.

See here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=112652

 

[Paganbird]

Thank You!
I am soooo relieved! This has been, by far, the crappiest hatch ever and it's the 1st hatch that I let my kids pick an egg as their own. DDs egg didn't make it. Glad to know my son's chick is really a silkie - not a mix.
Other eggs did okay... just not the silkies. Well, I guess you get that with shipped eggs sometimes.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Your welcome!

Enjoy the chicks.