Well, I had forgotten completely about toes. What's that disease I can never remember.... CRS!lol i said 4 toes see roost how much i know

Also forgot about the comb. Silkies have a pea comb ( looks sort of bumpy). I bet Red has a Cochin. If the comb is a regular, classic style single comb, then the new hen is probably a Cochin. Super sweet, excellent broody, maybe not the smartest

round one in the center behind the post is Cochin. (the fox got her


One thing I have found is that most people who are not on BYC are less knowledgeable about poultry in general. If someone gave them some birds and called them Silkies, that person doesn't know any different and goes on calling them that, so it happens.

