Frizzle silkie rooster or hen?

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hi, this frizzle rooster is supposedly a pure silkie but it has a single comb 🤔 Is this possible?
On another note, any guess on gender?
 

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but it has a single comb
Absolutely a cross. That one also doesn't have feathers on its feet, albeit one toe. It's looking like it'll be a satin frizzle.

That said, if you hatched out a dozen that were vaulted, bearded, five toes, and by all accounts a perfect silkie, then got one like this, one of the parents were a cross a couple of generations ago and is expressing a straight comb, etc., every so often. We breed silkies so if I saw one like that hatch out, first I'd be surprised, but then I'd sell the hen as "pet quality."

You could still have a beautiful silkie mix there, so don't be discouraged if just having pretty birds is your goal.

It's only if you want to breed him/her that it would become a consideration...do you want to continue to breed pet quality chicks?
 

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