Frizzle With 5 Toes?

[freemare]

I just picked up two of the same chick at a local store and trying to figure out what they are. I think they have the frizzle gene but they both have 5 toes. What breed do you think they could be?

 

[TattooedChicks]

Genetics can be fun, I had a white D’Uccle with extra toes. It can happen as a crazy throw back when breeding for certain traits.

 

[freemare]

Genetics can be fun, I had a white D’Uccle with extra toes. It can happen as a crazy throw back when breeding for certain traits.

Wow I did not know this, I just saw the frizzle feather and had to get them. I dont have any of the gen and color and just wanted them to add to my flock. I hope they are both girls.

 

[JedJackson]

They look white, maybe cream.

As far as I know the five toes is a silkie gene, but white skin? I’m stumped. Do any other breeds have 5 toes?

Faverolles, Dorkings, Houdans and Silkies all have five toes, which is why I think these are either Faverolles x frizzled Cochin or frizzled Cochin with something with five toes further back in their ancestry. Booted bantams have white skin but only four toes and I don't know if they come in frizzled varieties. And purebred Faverolles with frizzling would be rare if they exist at all, and not something you'd find at a feed store.

 

[freemare]

Yes you will definitely know more as they feather out. A Silkie with four toes usually means some mixing has gone on.

Hmm, then who got into my silkie pen. Most likely my little rooster, I will have to have a talking with him.

 

[Ladybird CA]

I had white frizzle Cochin with 4 toes on one foot and five on the other. Looked pure as an adult otherwise. Also a Silkie with clean legs. Things like that happen with hatchery chicks.

 

[JedJackson]

Wow I did not know this, I just saw the frizzle feather and had to get them. I dont have any of the gen and color and just wanted them to add to my flock. I hope they are both girls.

Cool. They are really cute and I hope they are the girls you want.

 

[JadziaDax]

They definitely look like frizzles. They could be sizzles (lowercase s) which is typically a frizzled (something) x Silkie that has some Silkie characteristics but not all the ones they should to be Sizzles (capital S). I have 3 sizzles - two are frizzled and have 5 toes, but red combs, one has yellow legs and a walnut comb. The third is not frizzled (nor does she have Silkie feathers) but she has 5 toes and a black walnut comb.

 

[JedJackson]

Maybe Faverolles or Faverolles crossed with frizzles cochin. What color are the legs- yellow or white?

 

[freemare]

Maybe Faverolles or Faverolles crossed with frizzles cochin. What color are the legs- yellow or white?

They look white, maybe cream.